Grow with Kitty

おいこす

追い越す

oikosu

less common

English

to overtake

नेपाली

उछिन्नु

Examples

  1. 前まえの車くるまを追おい越こしました。

    I passed the car in front of me.

  2. 息子むすこの身長しんちょうが、とうとう父親ちちおやを追おい越こしました。

    My son's height has finally overtaken his father's.

  3. 法律ほうりつ上じょう、この区間くかんで追おい越こすことは禁止きんしされています。

    By law, passing is prohibited on this stretch of road.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

追 9 strokes
越 12 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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