overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
On'yomi (音読み)
- カ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- す.ぎる
- す.ごす
- あやま.ち
- あやま.つ
- よぎ.る
- よ.ぎる
About this kanji
The kanji 「過」 primarily means to overdo or exceed, and it can also imply making an error. It is most commonly used as a verb with kun'yomi readings like すぎる, which conveys the action of going beyond a limit. You’ll often see it in compounds such as 過去 (かこ), meaning 'the past,' and 過激 (かげき), which translates to 'extreme' in the context of actions or ideas. Another important compound is 過失 (かしつ), meaning an accident caused by negligence. A quick usage note: when you use the verb in the context of time, such as in 過ぎ(すぎ), it indicates that something has passed or gone by.
Example sentences
彼は過去を振り返った。
He reflected on his past.
Meanings across languages
- English
- overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
- Tiếng Việt
- quá mức, vượt qua, vượt, sai lầm
- 日本語
- 過剰, 超える, 越える, 誤り
- 한국어
- 과도하게 하다, 초과하다, 넘다, 실수
- 中文
- 过度, 超过, 超出, 错误
- id
- melebihi
- th
- เกิน
- es
- exceder
- fr
- dépasser
- de
- übertreiben
- pt
- exceder
Common compounds
- 過ぎすぎpast, after, too (much)
- 過去かこthe past, bygone days, one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
- 過激かげきextreme (measure, idea, etc.), radical, violent (language)
- 過失かしつaccident (caused by negligence), error, blunder
- 過剰かじょうexcess, surplus, superabundance
- 過疎かそunderpopulation, low population density, depopulation
- 過程かていprocess, course, mechanism
- 経過けいかpassage (of time), elapsing, lapse
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