越
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to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
surpass · Heisig RSH #393
parade + 走 walk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 越
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 越南民主共和国 | Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976 | |
| 越西县 | Yuexi, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2… | |
| 越城区 | Yuecheng, a district of Shaoxing City 紹興市|绍兴市[Shao4 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang | |
| 越南文 | Vietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature | |
| 越南语 | Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt | |
| 超越主义 | transcendentalism | |
| 越光米 | Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan) | |
| 知识越多越反动 | the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed a… | |
| 中越战争 | Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) | |
| 越南战争 | Vietnam War (1955-1975) | |
| 杀人越货 | to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money | |
| 越国 | Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historica… | |
| 越西 | see 越西縣|越西县[Yue4 xi1 Xian4] | |
| 越发 | increasingly; more and more; ever more; all the more | |
| 越文 | Vietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature | |
| 外在超越 | outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God) | |
| 南越 | South Vietnam; South Vietnamese | |
| 越南 | Vietnam | |
| 越城 | see 越城區|越城区[Yue4 cheng2 Qu1] | |
| 超越数 | transcendental number (math.) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 戉 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戉 sound part | halberd, battle-axe | |
| 魆 | black; sudden; to beguile |