逾 yú to jump over
to jump over; to exceed
How to remember 逾: 辶 road + 俞 dugout boat = to jump over. After the storm, an old dugout boat lies across the lakeside road, and the girl on her pony decides to jump over it.
Component breakdown
逾 = 辶 road + 俞 dugout boat
- 辶 road
- 俞 dugout boat
After the storm, an old dugout boat lies across the lakeside road, and the girl on her pony decides to jump over it.
How it is used
- 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.