逾
to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend; to cross over; to jump over
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,120 U+903E
How 逾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 俞 (phonetic, yú)
components: 辶 俞
How to remember it
exceed · Heisig RSH #306
road + slaughterhouse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 俞
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 俞 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俞 sound component | yú | to consent, to approve; surname |
| 输 | shū | to carry, to haul, to transport |
| 偷 | tōu | to steal; burglar, thief |
| 榆 | yú | elm tree |
| 喻 | yù | metaphor, analogy; example; such as, like |
| 愈 | yù | to recover, to heal; more and more |
| 谕 | yù | to proclaim; to instruct; edict |
| 瑜 | yú | flawless gem or jewel |
| 渝 | yú | to change; Chongqing |
| 愉 | yú | pleasant, delightful; to please |
| 揄 | yú | to lift, to raise; to praise; to hang, to flap |
| 蝓 | yú | snail |
| 嵛 | yú | a county in the Shandong province |
| 腧 | shù | acupoint |
| 觎 | yú | to covet, to desire, to long for |
| 毹 | shū | blanket, rug |
| 窬 | yú | door, window; a hole in a wall |
Words containing 逾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 情逾骨肉 | qíng yú gǔ ròu | feelings deeper than for one's own flesh and blood (idiom); deep friendship |
| 不可逾越 | bù kě yú yuè | impassable; insurmountable; insuperable |
| 年逾古稀 | nián yú gǔ xī | over seventy years old |
| 逾越节 | yú yuè jié | Passover (Jewish holiday) |
| 年逾 | nián yú | over (a certain age) |
| 逾期 | yú qī | to be overdue; to fail to meet a deadline; to be behind in doing sth |
| 莫不逾侈 | mò bù yú chǐ | there is no-one who is not extravagant |
| 逾越 | yú yuè | to exceed |
| 逾垣 | yú yuán | to run away; to escape |