excellence; superiority; preeminence
Rare, formal noun meaning outstanding excellence or being far above others. Seldom used in everyday conversation; mostly found in literary or formal writing.
Everyone acknowledges his preeminent talent.
This work surpasses other works of its time.
Rare kanji compound; the only written form.
Compound of 超 (chō, 'transcend') and 邁 (mai, 'go beyond, excel'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of surpassing excellence.