This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: カ、す.ぎる、-す.ぎる、-す.ぎ、す.ごす、あやま.つ、あやま.ち、よ.ぎる
Romaji: ka, su.giru, -su.giru, -su.gi, su.gosu, ayama.tsu, ayama.chi, yo.giru
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

overdo, exceed, go beyond, error

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  285
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  3-3-9
Korean Reading:  gwa
Chinese Reading:  guo1
Unicode:  904e
JIS:  3261

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3137
Nelson Index: 4723
New Nelson Index: 6090
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q9.18
Four Corner Index: 3730.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 629
Gakken Index: 399
Japanese Names Index: 1804
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39002P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0120
Remembering the kanji Index: 1293
Kanji Way Index: 230
Kanji Flashcards Index: 963
Kodansha Compact Index: 705
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 659
Kanji in Context Index: 284
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2003
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2704
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1302
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1389
Essential Kanji Index: 368
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3891
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3649
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 562
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 750

Words

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surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
通過 (つうか)
passage through (e.g. train skipping a station); transit; passing (e.g. exam, bill through parliament)
過ぎる (すぎる)
to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
過ごす (すごす)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it
過剰 (かじょう)
excess; over-
過去 (かこ)
the past; bygone days; the previous; a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past; past (tense); preterit; preterite; previous life
過ぎる (よぎる)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to float across
過程 (かてい)
process; course; mechanism
経過 (けいか)
passage; expiration; progress; transition
過激 (かげき)
extreme; radical
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