Kanji N2

超: transcend, super-, ultra-

超 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning transcend, super-, ultra-, written with 12 strokes. It is read チョウ (on) and こえる, こす (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 超過 (ちょうか, excess) and 超 (ちょう, super-).

超

Meanings

  • transcend
  • super-
  • ultra-
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#597 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • チョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • こえる
  • こす

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 超

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 超過ちょうか

    excess; surplus

    JLPT N2
  • 超ちょう

    super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme

    JLPT N1
  • 超党派ちょうとうは

    suprapartisan; multiparty; bipartisan

  • 超音波ちょうおんぱ

    ultrasonic waves; ultrasound

  • 超伝導ちょうでんどう

    superconductivity; super-conductivity

  • 超人ちょうじん

    superman; superwoman

  • 超越ちょうえつ

    transcendence; transcendency

  • 超音速ちょうおんそく

    supersonic speed

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.