Zi:过
过(F過) [guò] pass, go by, exceed; 过马路 cross the street; fault/error [guo] (v. suf., ‘completion/past’) [guō] [huò] cf. 過
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►guò* 过[過] {A} v. ①pass; cross ‖ ∼ mǎlù yào dāngxīn. ∼马路要当心。 Be careful when crossing the street. ②transfer (e.g., ownership) ③undergo a process; go through ④surpass; exceed ⑤celebrate; observe ‖ ∼nián ∼年 celebrate new year ◆cmp. V bu/de∼ can't/can V ‖ dǎbuguò tā 打不过他 can't beat him ‖ dǎdeguò tā 打得过他 can beat him ◆n. fault; mistake ‖ Zhè shì nǐ de ∼. 这是你的∼。 This is your fault. ◆adv. too; excessively ◆cov. after ‖ ∼ jǐ tiān ∼几天 after a few days ◆b.f. excessive; undue; overly ►guòzhòng 过重
►guo 过[過] {E} a.m. (indicating) ①(completion of an action) ②(that an action has taken place, but does not continue up to the present)
The Shuōwén Seal form of 过/過 guò ‘pass/exceed/error’ combines 辶(辵 chuò) ‘go’, and 呙/咼 wāi/guō ‘skull/dismember; askew/error’ (phonosemantic); cf. 祸/禍 huò ‘disaster/calamity/misfortune’.
In the simple form 过, the full-form 過 component 咼 becomes 寸 ‘measure’ (not 呙), as an exceptional safe-guard against error/disaster.
Note: The standard simple form 过 is an old common (俗字) form; it is not wr. 𬨨 (cf. 呙).
Compare: 剐/剮(𠛰) guǎ ‘dismember’; 祸/禍 huò ‘disaster/misfortune’.
Compare: (卦名) ䷽ 小过/過 Xiǎo Guò ‘small slip/error’, ䷛ 大过/過 Dà Guò ‘great slip/error’; 过/過 guò ‘slip past/through’ (e.g., the teeth); cf. ䷚ 颐/頤, ䷼ 中孚.
►references: Wieger:118a; Karlgren:AD437; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3816.3; Mathews:3730; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:024.1.04; EDOC:0
►components: 寸辶
►Cantonese: gwo-
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