Memory phrase for the character: 逾

逾

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Meaning to exceed, to go beyond, to transcend, to cross

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])

Mnemonic
 
An assenting movement is an exceeding (going beyond).

Radicals

辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
俞 arrow headThis radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo 竹. Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head 人 that goes into the flesh 月/肉 and cuts刂.
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 Vocabulary

逾越 yú yuè  to exceed
逾越节 yú yuè jié  Passover (Jewish holiday)
逾垣 yú yuán  to run away; to escape
逾垣 yú yuán  

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