逾 yú to jump over
to jump over; to exceed
怎么记住“逾”: 辶 walking + 俞 dugout boat = to jump over. After the storm, a dugout boat lies across the lakeside path, and instead of walking her pony round it, the girl decides to jump over it.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
逾 = 辶 walking + 俞 dugout boat
- 辶 walking meaning
- 俞 dugout boat sound
After the storm, a dugout boat lies across the lakeside path, and instead of walking her pony round it, the girl decides to jump over it.
How it came to be
Walking gives the meaning and the dugout boat the sound.
用法
- Formal 'to exceed / go beyond (a limit)': 逾期 (yúqī) to be overdue, 逾越 (yúyuè) to overstep, 年逾七十 (nián yú qīshí) over seventy years old.
- Written register; in speech you'd use 超过. 不可逾越的鸿沟 (an unbridgeable gulf) is a common set phrase.