過

Alternative forms
Note that the box in the upper part of 咼 differs in simplified Chinese – in simplified Chinese fonts it is on the left, while in Japanese and traditional Chinese it is on the right (as seen in the Kangxi dictionary).

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
From (STEDT). Related to and.

Definitions

 * 1) to cross; to pass; to go across; to pass through
 * 2)  to pass by; to pass
 * 3) to spend time; to live
 * 4) to transfer; to move to
 * 5) to cause to go through
 * 6) to go over; to look at carefully; to go through
 * 7) to exceed; to surpass; to be over
 * 8) excessive; undue; overboard
 * 9) to pass an exam
 * 10) ; over; by
 * 11) ; over; away
 * 12) ; past; through; by
 * 13) ; better than
 * 14)  ; more ... than
 * 15) ; ever; already
 * 16)  ; again
 * 17) too; excessively
 * 18) fault; blemish; mistake
 * 19)  to pass
 * 20)  to pay a visit; to visit; to call on
 * 21)  to die; to pass away
 * 22)   to
 * 1) to pass an exam
 * 2) ; over; by
 * 3) ; over; away
 * 4) ; past; through; by
 * 5) ; better than
 * 6)  ; more ... than
 * 7) ; ever; already
 * 8)  ; again
 * 9) too; excessively
 * 10) fault; blemish; mistake
 * 11)  to pass
 * 12)  to pay a visit; to visit; to call on
 * 13)  to die; to pass away
 * 14)   to
 * 1) ; ever; already
 * 2)  ; again
 * 3) too; excessively
 * 4) fault; blemish; mistake
 * 5)  to pass
 * 6)  to pay a visit; to visit; to call on
 * 7)  to die; to pass away
 * 8)   to
 * 1) too; excessively
 * 2) fault; blemish; mistake
 * 3)  to pass
 * 4)  to pay a visit; to visit; to call on
 * 5)  to die; to pass away
 * 6)   to
 * 1)  to pass
 * 2)  to pay a visit; to visit; to call on
 * 3)  to die; to pass away
 * 4)   to
 * 1)  to die; to pass away
 * 2)   to

Usage notes

 * The past experience particle 過 is negated with, which is placed before the verb.
 * In Cantonese, is used instead of.
 * In Cantonese, is used instead of.

Descendants
Others:

Definitions

 * 1) name of a creek
 * 2) name of an ancient state in modern Shandong

Kanji

 * 1) mistake
 * 2) excess, too much

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) fault; error; mistake
 * 2) the past
 * 3) excess

Prefix

 * 1)  super-, over-; per

Hanja

 * 1) 허물 과; an error, a fault, a misstep, a slip, a mistake.
 * 2) 기름통 과; an oil cask, an oilcan.
 * 1) 기름통 과; an oil cask, an oilcan.



Han character

 * 1) * 1910, Sơn Hậu Diễn Ca, sheet 1a
 * "vi"
 * "vi"

- 䀡運𡗶㐌挌過頭.


 * 1) * circa 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, Lê triều Nguyễn tướng công Gia huấn ca, Quan Văn Ðường tàng bản (1907), lines 7-8
 * "vi"
 * "vi"

- 𠳒咹涅於朱坤, 拯𢧚多過多言𡭧芇.