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越える

こえる

to go over, to go across, to go beyond

Mnemonic

You run at the line and carry on straight past it, and this time the line was a mountain. Coe こえ went over the top of it without breaking stride: こえる.

Worth knowing

超える こえる is the same reading for going beyond a number or a limit. 越える is going over something physical.

Built from

cross over, exceed
走 the run radical on the left, carrying on past wherever the line happened to be.

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