Kanji N3

越: surpass, cross over, move to

越 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning surpass, cross over, move to, written with 12 strokes. It is read エツ, オツ (on) and こす, こえる (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 越える (こえる, to cross over) and 引っ越す (ひっこす, to move).

越

Meanings

  • surpass
  • cross over
  • move to
  • exceed
  • Vietnam
Strokes12
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#897 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • エツ
  • オツ

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

Kun reading
  • こす
  • -こす
  • -ごし
  • こえる
  • -ごえ

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 越

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

  • 越えるこえる

    to cross over; to cross; to pass through

    JLPT N3
  • 引っ越すひっこす

    to move (house); to change residence

    JLPT N4
  • 越すこす

    to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across

    JLPT N3
  • 優越ゆうえつ

    supremacy; predominance; being superior to

    JLPT N1
  • 追い越すおいこす

    to pass (e.g. car); to overtake

    JLPT N2
  • 寄越すよこす

    to send; to forward

    JLPT N2
  • 引越しひっこし

    moving (dwelling, office, etc.)

    JLPT N2
  • 上越じょうえつ

    area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata

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