超

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超 U+8D85, 超
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8D85
← 趄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 趆 →

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

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

Chinese

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).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 超

Pronunciation

Note:
  • tiao3/tiao1 - Shantou;
  • tiou3/tiou1 - Chaozhou.
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 超
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chāo
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trhjew ›
Old
Chinese 		/*tʰrw/
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. * 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

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
  7. (Cantonese, colloquial) sunglasses; shades (Classifier: 副)
Synonyms
  • (to exceed):
  • (really):
Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 很, 非常, 十分
Mandarin Beijing 挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
Taiwan 很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
Tianjin 挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jinan 挺, 楞
Xi'an 很
Wuhan 蠻, 很
Chengdu 很, 好
Chongqing 很
Yangzhou 蠻, 稀, 很
Hefei 很
Malaysia 很
Singapore 很, 蠻, 非常
Cantonese Guangzhou 好, 非常之
Hong Kong 好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 好
Taishan 好, 十分之
Yangjiang 好
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 好
Singapore (Guangfu) 好, 非常之, 非常
Gan Nanchang 蠻
Hakka Meixian 好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
Huidong (Daling) 好
Wuhua (Meilin) 好
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 頂
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 好
Changting 野
Wuping (Pingyu) 已, 刮
Liancheng 樣
Ninghua 好
Ruijin 蠻
Shicheng 蠻
Shangyou (Shexi) 蠻
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 當, 已, 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 蓋, 盡, 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 當, 盡, 已, 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 當, 已, 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 當, 已, 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 足, 真, 實在
Hong Kong 好
Sabah (Bao'an) 好
Kuching (Hepo) 很
Singapore (Dabu) 好
Jin Taiyuan 很, 挺
Northern Min Jian'ou 盡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 野, 真
Singapore (Fuqing) 真
Sitiawan (Gutian) 真
Southern Min Xiamen 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰
Xiamen (Tong'an) 真
Quanzhou 真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
Jinjiang 野
Zhangzhou 盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
Zhao'an 很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
Dongshan 真, 非常
Taipei 真, 誠
New Taipei (Sanxia) 真, 誠
Kaohsiung 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Yilan 有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
Changhua (Lukang) 真, 誠
Taichung 誠, 蓋, 足
Tainan 有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Hsinchu 真, 誠
Kinmen 足, 誠
Penghu (Magong) 真, 誠
Penang (Hokkien) 真, 誠, 真正
Singapore (Hokkien) 真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
Manila (Hokkien) 野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
Chaozhou 過, 好, 非常, 死爸
Shantou 過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
Shantou (Chenghai) 好, 死絕
Shantou (Chaoyang) 好, 非常
Jieyang 過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
Bangkok (Teochew) 好
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 好
Singapore (Teochew) 真, 死爸, 非常
Wenchang 極, 但顧, 真
Haikou 但顧
Qionghai 但顧, 真
Singapore (Hainanese) 但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 好, 蠻
Wu Shanghai 蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
Suzhou 蠻, 窮
Hangzhou 蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
Ningbo 交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
Zhoushan 交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
Wenzhou 蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang Changsha 很, 蠻
Shuangfeng 蠻
  • (sunglasses):
Dialectal synonyms of 墨鏡 (“sunglasses”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 墨鏡
Mandarin Taiwan 墨鏡, 太陽眼鏡
Yantai (Muping) 墨鏡
Wanrong 墨鏡
Yinchuan 墨鏡
Xining 墨鏡
Guiyang 墨斯眼鏡
Nanjing 太陽鏡
Singapore 墨鏡, 太陽眼鏡
Cantonese Guangzhou 墨鏡, 墨超, 盲公鏡
Hong Kong 太陽眼鏡, 黑超, 超, 墨鏡
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 盲公鏡
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 烏目鏡
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 烏目鏡
Jin Taiyuan 黑眼鏡, 黑墨鏡
Southern Min Xiamen 烏晶目鏡, 烏目鏡
Quanzhou 烏目鏡
Jinjiang 眼光鏡
Zhangzhou 烏晶目鏡, 烏目鏡
Taipei 烏仁的
Kaohsiung 烏仁目鏡
Yilan 烏目鏡
Changhua (Lukang) 烏仁目鏡
Taichung 烏仁目鏡
Taichung (Wuqi) 烏仁的
Tainan 烏仁目鏡
Taitung 烏仁的
Hsinchu 烏仁目鏡
Penghu (Magong) 烏仁目鏡
Singapore (Hokkien) 烏目鏡
Jieyang 烏目鏡
Haifeng 烏晶目鏡
Haikou 烏目鏡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 太陽鏡, 墨鏡, 黑眼鏡
Wu Shanghai 太陽眼鏡, 墨鏡
Danyang 墨鏡
Hangzhou 太陽眼鏡兒
Ningbo 太陽眼

Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 超

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 瞧?”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

超

  1. (Cantonese) eye (only used in some idiomatic expressions)

Derived terms

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 超

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “euphemism for 屌?”)

Pronunciation

Definitions

超

  1. (Cantonese) Interjection of unimpressed dismissal in reply.
    超，又唔係未去過。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    超，又唔系未去过。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ciu2, jau6 m4 hai6 mei6 heoi3 gwo3.
    Come on, it's not like I've never been there before.

Japanese

Kanji

超

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Prefix

超(ちょう) • (chō-) 

  1. extra-; hyper-; mega-; meta-; para-; super-; trans-; ultra-
    超(ちょう)音(おん)波(ぱ)
    chōonpa
    ultrasound
  2. (slang) super; very
    超(ちょう)好(す)き
    chō-suki
    to like intensely
    超(ちょう)キモい
    chō-kimoi
    super disgusting

Compounds

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

超 (eumhun 뛰어넘을 초 (ttwieoneomeul cho))

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Vietnamese

Han character

超: Hán Nôm readings: siêu, sêu

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