U+8D85 "超" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
超
U+8D85 "超" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character pronounced as "chāo" in Mandarin and meaning "to surpass," "to exceed," "super," or "ultra." It is composed of the radical 走 (zǒu), meaning "to walk" or "run," combined with 召 (zhào), which contributes the phonetic element and conveys the idea of calling or summoning, together forming the concept of moving beyond or overtaking. This character is widely used in both modern and classical Chinese, appearing in common words like 超越 (chāoyuè) for "to surpass" and 超级 (chāojí) for "super" or "ultra level," and it also functions similarly in Japanese and Korean as part of their Sinoxenic vocabularies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8D85 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 超 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 超 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB6 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8D85 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008D85 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8d85 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B657 |
| kCCCII | 215A4C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-623E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-623E |
| kCangjie | GOSHR |
| kCantonese | ciu1 |
| kCihaiT | 1284.605 |
| kCowles | 568 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1685.210 |
| kDefinition | jump over, leap over; surpass |
| kEACC | 215A4C |
| kFanqie | 敕宵 |
| kFenn | 715E |
| kFennIndex | 21.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4780.6 |
| kGB0 | 1912 |
| kGB1 | 1912 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 1131j |
| kHangul | 초:0E |
| kHanYu | 53484.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chāo(256) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53484.070:chāo,chǎo,chào,tiào |
| kHKGlyph | 3960 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1685.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53484.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1216.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-332C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B657 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4436 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDF7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7531 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-623E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6845 |
| kJapanese | チョウ こえる こす |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2517 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOERU KOSU |
| kJapaneseOn | CHOU |
| kJis0 | 3622 |
| kKangXi | 1216.140 |
| kKorean | CHO |
| kLau | 332 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6389 |
| kMandarin | chāo |
| kMatthews | 251 |
| kMeyerWempe | 319 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025194 |
| kMorohashi | 37096 |
| kNelson | 4543 |
| kPhonetic | 219 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3026+156.7.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 156.5 |
| kSBGY | 147.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 673.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chāo粵ciu1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6389 |
| kTang | tjiɛu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 040.040:chāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | siêu |
| kXerox | 251:140 |
| kXHC1983 | 0126.040:chāo |