超
ちょう · chou · JLPT N1 · prefix
super-
🚀 超 has the 走 run radical: running past a limit means going beyond, so super-
The 走 radical on the left means run. Running past a limit gives the idea of going beyond, so 超 means super-, ultra-, or hyper-. 超市 (supermarket) uses this sense.
超 — 走 (run) + 召 (summon, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 走 'run' gives the meaning of moving past or going beyond, while 召 'summon' supplies the sound. The original sense was to leap or stride over something, which extended to 'surpass' and 'exceed'.