Kanji Detail for 軼 - "surpass, excel, disappear, unknown"

軼

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
軼 means "surpass, excel, disappear, unknown."
1. Surpass - To pass by; to overtake.
2. Excel - To be outstanding; to stand above others.
3. Disappear - To vanish; to be lost.
4. Unknown - Not known; hidden from record.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

pass along

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

rush forth; surpass, excel

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

to excel; to surpass; to be scattered; variant of 逸[yi4], leisurely

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to surpass, to overtake, to excel

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Carriages passing each other. Therefore all coming from behind to pass in front is called 軼. Such as saying 道軼百王 (surpassing a hundred kings), 功高萬古 (merit lasting through ages). | To rush. Attacking with military force is called 侵軼 (raid). Same as colloquially saying outflanking. Appears in "Zuozhuan." | To be lost. Interchangeable with 佚 and 逸. Such as saying 遺聞軼事 (anecdotes and lost stories).
Onyomi

itsu(いつ)

tetsu(てつ)
Kunyomi

su.giru(すぎる)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

車 (kuruma・kurumahen)
Related Keywords
surpass pass overtake excel outstanding stand above others disappear vanish lost unknown known hidden record