過

過 · guò

pass, pass through, go across

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

pass, pass through, go across

Mandarin
guò
Cantonese
gwo3

Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.

Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese

Readings recorded for 過 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.

Japanese 日本語

Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.

On’yomi · katakana

カ

Kun’yomi · hiragana

すぎるすごすあやまつあやまちとがよぎる

Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property

カ すぎる すごす あやまつ あやまち とが よぎる

Korean 한국어

Hanja readings · Hangul

과

Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.

Reading sources explained
과
KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kHangul ↗ · provisional property

과:0E

Vietnamese Tiếng Việt

Character readings · Quốc ngữ

quá

Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.

Source record & scope

Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kVietnamese ↗ · provisional property

quá

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+904E
Radical
辵 · 162
Strokes
11 · Unihan
Residual
9

Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.

Stroke order

12 strokes
過
Strokes
12
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

12 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. This sequence has 12 strokes where Unihan counts 11; conventions count some components differently. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Graphical structure

⿺辶咼(GHTJKPV)
How to read these symbols

⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.

BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.

Words & connections

Words using 過

Character connections

No reverse component match in this collection.

Sentence context · 1 matches

我諗都冇諗過會噉。

I never thought it could be that way.
Source, contributors & licenses

Cantonese: Tatoeba #385594 · Original contributor: nickyeow · Text editors: nickyeow, nickyeow · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log
English: Tatoeba #6403815 · Original contributor: alishalikescats · Text editors: alishalikescats · CC BY 2.0 FR · Attribution log

Source text unchanged. Original contributor and text editors are credited from the source log, separately from the current owner.

Sentence entry · words & provenance ↗
Written-form matches; sense and pronunciation are not automatically aligned. Corpus & selection ↗

History & distinctions

Related forms

Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
kwa · 古禾 反切 · #739
Middle Chinese
kwaH · 古卧 反切 · #2835

Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.

Source row & reading categories

CSV line 6048 · kwa = 果合一平戈見 · kwaH = 果合一去戈見

Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗

Sources & reference

Evidence & next depth

Source editions & exact scope ↗
Retained Unihan properties
kMandarin
guò
kCantonese
gwo3
kDefinition
pass, pass through, go across
kTotalStrokes
11
kRSUnicode
162.9
kSimplifiedVariant
U+8FC7
kGradeLevel
1

Readings across dictionaries

Hanyu Da Zidian
guò,guō,guo,huò 63849.080
Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
guō 0422.071 · guò 0427.051
Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
guò(5174) guo(1222)
Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
guò粵gwo3 guō粵gwo1
Small numbers locate dictionary entries; 粵 introduces Cantonese. Includes rare or historical readings. Source notation ↗

Reference desk

Sentences in context

Explore 1 example using 過 ↗

Exact source-spelling matches. Open the reader for dictionary lookups, construction notes and related examples. Occurrence does not establish a particular dictionary sense.

Study this character

Structure & connections

0.10
328dictionary records using 過0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿺ Lower-left enclosure

Shape description
辶 wraps around 咼 from the lower left · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿺辶咼$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿺辶咼$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.