# 過 — Surpass

Frequency rank 216 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 七 (Seven), less common than 状 (Condition).

- On’yomi: か
- Kun’yomi: す、あやま
- Radical: 辵 Walk (Kangxi 162)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The courier is still staggering along the bottom of the character with the whole kanji on his shoulders when a scooter comes past his ear, the rider's mustache streaming back over both cheeks.

In words:

- 過ぎる すぎる — to exceed
- 過ぎ すぎ — past;after
- 過ち あやまち — fault;error;indiscretion

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