超 chāo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
超越
chāoyuè
to surpass; to overtake
Characters in this word
越 yuè
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- Made of
- 走 to walk, to run, to flee 戉 halberd, battle-axe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他超越我了。 Tā chāo yuè wǒ le. He overtakes me.
- 我要超越自己。 Wǒ yào chāo yuè zì jǐ. I want to surpass myself.
- 车超越了我们。 Chē chāo yuè le wǒ men. The car overtakes us.