Kanji Reference

過

Meanings Readings Classification Stroke Order
overdo
exceed
go beyond
error
o カ
k すぎる
k -すぎる
k -すぎ
k すごす
k あやまつ
k あやまち
k よぎる
Strokes: 11
Grade: 5

Words With This Kanji

Words 1–10 out of 272, sorted by reading.

Word Meanings
過ちあやまち
 fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂うあやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという
 to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
過ちては則ち改むるに憚ること勿れあやまちてはすなわちあらたむるにはばかることなかれ
 do not delay to make amends for one's wrongs
過ちを改めるあやまちをあらためる
 to correct a fault
過ちを犯すあやまちをおかす
 to make an error
過ちを文るあやまちをかざる
 to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only
過ちを観て斯に仁を知るあやまちをみてここにじんをしる
 to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not
過つあやまつ
 to err
言い過ぎいいすぎ
 exaggeration; overstatement
言い過ぎるいいすぎる
 to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate