N2
過 meaning and readings
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Kanji
過
N2
- Meaning
- overflow, excessive, wrong, sin
- Onyomi
- カ
- Kunyomi
- す(ぎる)、す(ごす)、あやま(つ)、あやま(ち)
- Formula
- 過 = ⻌ + 咼。
Story
過 is analyzed as a combination of ⻌ (road), 咼 (wrong, deviant) and denotes overflow, excessive, wrong, sin.
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