超

Translingual

Han character

超 (radical 156 走+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人尸竹口 (GOSHR), four-corner 4780₆, composition ⿺走召)

1. jump over, leap over
2. surpass
3. a given name

References

• KangXi: page 1216, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37096
• Dae Jaweon: page 1685, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3484, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8D85

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		超

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo, Chāo (chao¹, Chao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ, ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiau / thiau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: Chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chau
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹
    • Yale: chīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau / thiau
    • Tâi-lô: tshiau / thiau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ⁴⁴/, /tʰiaʊ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiaʊ³⁴/, /tʰiaʊ³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (超, reconstructed)
Character (超), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 徹 (10) Final: 宵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 敕宵切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈʰiᴇu/	/ȶʰi̯ɛu/	/ȶʰiɛu/	/ʈʰiɛu/	/ʈʰiaw/	/ȶʰĭɛu/	/ȶʰjæu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (超, reconstructed)
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
超					2123					刀					宵					2					超					/*tʰew/

Prefix

超

1. hyper-

   超文本  ―  chāowénběn  ―  hypertext

2. super-

   超市  ―  chāoshì  ―  supermarket

   超音速  ―  chāoyīnsù  ―  supersonic

Verb

超

1. to surpass

Proper noun

超

1. A {{{1}}} given name[[Category:Chinese {{{1}}} given names ]]

Adverb

超

1. really

   超好聽 / 超好听  ―  chāo hǎotīng  ―  really nice to listen to

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Japanese

Kanji

超

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ちょう (chō)
• Kun: こえる (koeru), こす (kosu)

Prefix

超 (hiragana ちょう, romaji chō-)

1. extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra-

Compounds

Compounds

超越 (ちょうえつ, chōetsu): transcendence 超人 (ちょうじん, chōjin): superman, extraordinary person, Ultraman 超能力 (ちょうのうりょく, chōnōryoku): psychic power, supernatural power 超新星 (ちょうしんせい, chōshinsei): supernova 超伝導 (ちょうでんどう, chōdendō): superconductivity 超過 (ちょうか, chōka): excess, overrun 超臨界 (ちょうりんかい, chōrinkai): (noun) supercritic 超臨界水 (ちょうりんかいすい, chōrinkaisui): supercritical water 超次元 (ちょうじげん, chōjigen): transdimensional 超時間 (ちょうじかん, chōjikan): transtemporal; hypertime 超自然 (ちょうしぜん, chōshizen): the supernatural 超常 (ちょうじょう, chōjō, (historical hiragana てうぢやう)): the paranormal 超音波 (ちょうおんぱ, chōonpa): ultrasound 超低周波音 (ちょうていしゅうはおん, chōteishūhaon): infrasound

Synonyms

• 越, 愈, 多, 夛, 仙

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Korean

Hanja

超 (cho)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 초 (revised: cho, McCune-Reischauer: ch'o, Yale: cho)

• Name (hangeul): 뛰어넘을()

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Vietnamese

Han character

超 (siêu, sêu)

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