越 (yuè) — Chinese Character

越

yuè

generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南

Radical: 走 HSK 2 d, g, b pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

越 decomposes into the following components:

走戉

Semantic component: 走; phonetic component: 戉.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 越.

优越

yōu yuè

僭越

jiàn yuè

北越

běi yuè

卓越

zhuó yuè

南越

nán yuè

吴越

wú yuè

攀越

pān yuè

横越

héng yuè

檀越

tán yuè

清越

qīng yuè

激越

jī yuè

百越

bǎi yuè

Characters that share the radical 走.

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