Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

余: too much, myself

Also: surplus, other, remainder

JLPT N37 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

人 carries the meaning · 小 is drawn in

7 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ヨyo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 余地よちspace, room, margin
  • 余暇よかleisure, leisure time, spare time
  • 余波よはsecondary effect, aftermath
  • 余韻よいんreverberation, lingering memory
  • 余剰よじょうsurplus, residue
  • 余談よだんdigression, sequel
  • 余命よめいone's remaining years
  • 余程よほどvery, to a large extent, greatly
  • 余計なよけいなextra, excessive
  • 余分なよぶんなextra, excessive

あまるamaru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 余るあまるremain, be left over [v.i.]

あますamasu · kun'yomi

  • 余すあますsave, leave over

Also read あまり, あんまり, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Shelter under the roof! This radical looks like a person spreading their arms wide or a simple roof over a home.”
More in the 𠆢 person story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
人

Also built on person (人)

All 21
小

Also built on small (小)

All 5

余 gives its sound to

The family reading is ジョ (jo). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ヨ

5 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 餘 · yú

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 余. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 餘.

Simplified
余 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
餘 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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