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逾

yú

go over

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 俞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 踰.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

俞 sound component

俞  Sound component

yú, shù

  

surname

Evolution

逾 Bronze script Mid Warring States (~300 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Warring States (~300 BC)
逾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
逾 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
逾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

逾  

yú

go over, pass over, exceed; to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over

逾 (踰) 

yú

variant of 逾[yú]

Most common words with 逾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

逾

to exceed

逾越

to exceed

逾期

to be overdue

不可逾越

impassable

年逾古稀

over seventy years old

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*lo

yu

yú

transgress


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.0732% of movies

3286th most common character in movies

2610th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+903E

Shuowen

“逾，進也。从辵，俞聲。《周書》曰：‘無敢昬逾。’”


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