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过

guò, guo

pass

Simplified form of 過. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 咼 represents the sound. The 咼 component was simplified to 寸.

Components
辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

寸 simplified component

寸  Simplified component

cùn

  

(hand), inch

Shorthand for the 咼 component in the traditional character 過.

Evolution

过 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
过 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
过 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
过 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
过 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

过 (過) 

guò

pass, pass through, go across; to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-

过 (過) 

Guò

surname Guo

过 (過) 

guo

(experienced action marker)

Most common words with 过
Freq.
Word
Meaning

过

to cross

不过

only

通过

by means of

过去

former

过来

to come over

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

挝

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 99.9519% of movies

39th most common character in movies

46th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

過

Unicode

U+8FC7


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