越

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search
See also: 愈

Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 走 + phonetic 戉.

Han character[edit]

越 (radical 156 走+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人戈女 (GOIV), four-corner 43805)

  1. exceed, go beyond
  2. the more...
  3. the Yue, ancient non-Han tribes in Southern China and Northern Vietnam, related to the Vietnamese (越南)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 1216, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1686, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3480, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+8D8A

Cantonese[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

越 (Jyutping jyut6, Yale yut6)

  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
越

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

越 (wol, hwal)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 월, 활 (revised: wol, hwal, McCune-Reischauer: wŏl, hwal, Yale: wel, hwal)
  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Mandarin[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

越 (Pinyin yuè (yue4), Wade-Giles yüeh4)

  1. the more
    越大越好  ―  yuèdàyuèhǎo  ―  the bigger the better

See also[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Middle Chinese[edit]

Han character[edit]

越 (*hiuæt)

  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Min Nan[edit]

Hanzi[edit]

越 (traditional and simplified, POJ o̍at)

  1. to turn, to turn around

Compounds[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

越 (việt, vát, vẹt, vượt, nhông, vác, vệt, vót)

  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Compounds[edit]

Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=越&oldid=32575368"