超

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 𠾸, 𢵒, 㯧, 𬙄, 𦠶

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		超

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (刀) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
刀	*taːw
忉	*taːw
魛	*taːw
舠	*taːw
朷	*taːw, *moːɡ
叨	*tuːw, *l̥ʰaːw
倒	*taːwʔ, *taːws
到	*taːws
菿	*taːws, *rtaːwɢ
鞀	*deːw
鳭	*rteːw, *teːw
灱	*hreːw
菬	*sdew, *tjewʔ
超	*tʰew
怊	*tʰew, *tʰjew
欩	*tʰew
召	*dews, *djews
昭	*tjew
招	*tjew
鉊	*tjew
沼	*tjewʔ
照	*tjews
詔	*tjews
炤	*tjews
弨	*tʰjew, *tʰjewʔ
眧	*tʰjewʔ
韶	*djew
佋	*djew, *djewʔ
軺	*djew, *lew
玿	*djew
柖	*djew
紹	*djewʔ
袑	*djewʔ
綤	*djewʔ
邵	*djews
劭	*djews
卲	*djews
刁	*teːw
芀	*teːw, *deːw
貂	*teːw
蛁	*teːw
迢	*deːw
苕	*deːw
髫	*deːw
岧	*deːw

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰew) : semantic 走 (“run”) + phonetic 召 (OC *dews, *djews).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chāo (chao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhêu
• Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiau / thiau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiao³ / tiou³ / tiao¹ / tiou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻao¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chau
    • Palladius: чао (čao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ciu¹
    • Yale: chīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ceu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ceu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiau
    • Tâi-lô: tshiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiaw
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡sʰiau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau
    • Tâi-lô: thiau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiaw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiao³ / tiou³ / tiao¹ / tiou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiàu / thiòu / thiau / thiou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau²¹³/, /tʰiou²¹³/, /tʰiau³³/, /tʰiou³³/

Note:

• tiao3 - Shantou;
• tiou3 - Chaozhou;
• tiao1/tiou1- in names of people (e.g. 馬超) (tiou1 - Chaozhou).

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshau
    • MiniDict: tshau^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɔ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjew

Rime
Character	超
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	宵 (92)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敕宵切
Baxter	trhjew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰˠiᴇu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰᵚiɛu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiæu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰiaw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰjɛu/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭɛu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ɛu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ciu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰr[a]w/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰew/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	超
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chāo
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjew ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰr[a]w/
English	leap over, surpass
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	超
Reading #	1/1
No.	2123
Phonetic component	刀
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	超
Old Chinese	/*tʰew/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 超

1. to jump over; to leap over
2. to cross over; to transcend
3. to exceed; to overtake; to surpass
4. ^† far; distant
5. super; really

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

6. super-; hyper-; ultra-

   超市  ―  chāoshì  ―  supermarket

   超音速  ―  chāoyīnsù  ―  supersonic

   超文本  ―  chāowénběn  ―  hypertext

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

超

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)^{←てう (teu, historical)}
• Kun: こえる (koeru, 超える, Jōyō); こす (kosu, 超す, Jōyō)

Prefix

超(ちょう) or 超(prefix) • (chō or prefix) [[Category:Japanese
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1. extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra-

   超音波(ちょうおんぱ)

   chōonpa

   ultrasound

2. (slang) super; very

   超好(ちょうす)き

   chō-suki

   to like intensely

   超(ちょう)キモい

   chō kimoi

   super disgusting

Compounds

Compounds

• 超越(ちょうえつ) (chōetsu): transcendence
• 超人(ちょうじん) (chōjin): superman, extraordinary person
• 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): 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

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Korean

Hanja

超 • (cho)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 초
  • Name (hangeul): 뛰어넘을
    

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 超 (siêu, sêu)

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