What is the Kanji for "Exceed", "Super", and "Ultra"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Exceed", "Super", and "Ultra", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Exceed", "Super", and "Ultra" is "超".

This kanji has 2 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Ko".

Its onyomi reading is "Chou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "走" means "Run" and can be read as "Sou" and "Hashi". And The kanji "召" means "Eat", "Call", and "Summon" and can be read as "Me" and "Shou".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "超" mean in japanese?

"超" means "Exceed", "Super", and "Ultra".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

超える: "Exceed" or "Surpass". The Japanese verb '超える (こえる)' means 'to exceed' or 'to surpass'. It is used when something goes beyond a certain limit or standard. The verb can be used for both physical and abstract concepts. For example: He exceeded his targets - (彼は目標を超えた). Her skills surpassed mine - (彼女の技術は私を超えていた).

超: "Super" or "Ultra". The prefix '超 (ちょう)' means 'super' or 'ultra'. It is used to intensify the meaning of the word it is attached to, indicating something that is extremely or exceptionally high in degree or intensity. For example: Superhuman - (超人間), Ultra-high frequency - (超高周波)

超過: "Excess". The verbal noun '超過 (ちょうか)' means 'excess'. It refers to an amount or quantity that goes beyond what is normal, expected, or allowed. '超過' can be used to describe things like excess weight, excess spending, or any kind of excess. For example: There is an excess charge for overweight luggage - (荷物が重すぎる場合、超過料金がかかります). The expense report shows an excess of $500 - (経費報告書には500ドルの超過が示されています).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ち" is read as "chi". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". And The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.