余

See also: 佘, 尒, 餘, and 馀

余	U+4F59, 余 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F59

← 佘
[U+4F58]

CJK Unified Ideographs

佚 →
[U+4F5A]

Translingual

Japanese	余余余
Simplified	余余馀
Traditional	余餘餘

Stroke order

Han character

余 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人一木 (OMD), four-corner 8090₄, composition ⿱亼朩)

Derived characters

俆, 凃, 唋, 𡝐, 徐, 悇, 捈, 涂, 途, 除, 梌, 狳, 㻌, 畭, 硢, 稌, 䋡, 䍱, 艅, 蜍, 賖(赊), 䞮, 䟻, 酴, 𫒟, 䩣, 餘(馀), 駼(𬳿), 鮽, 鵌
𫶨, 䣄, 敘/敍/叙, 斜, 雓, 䳜(𫛬), 庩, 荼, 筡, 𠎳, 𡌆, 峹, 悆, 𭴯, 𣥳, 畬, 𦛝, 𬡛, 嵞, 𬹡

Related characters

餘 (Traditional form of 余)

References

KangXi: page 99, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 515
Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 128, character 4
Unihan data for U+4F59

Usage notes

This character is not to be confused with visually similar but unrelated 佘.
Note that 余 is also the simplified form of 餘 in mainland China and Japan. However, in traditional Chinese, 余 and 餘 are two distinct characters.

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 余

Shang

Western Zhou

Spring and Autumn

Warring States

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Chu slip and silk script

Qin slip script

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
j01462	j01463	j01464	j01465	j01466	j01467	j01468	j01469
j01470	j01471	j01472	j01473	j01474	j01475	j01476	j01477
j01478	j01479	j01480	j01481	j01482	j01483	j01484	j01485
j01486	j01487	j01488	j01489	j01490	j01491	j01492	j01493
j01494	j01495	j01496	j01497	j01498	j01499	j01500	j01501
j01502	j01503	j01504	j01505	j01506	j01507	j01508	j01509
j01510	j01511	j01512	j01513	j01514	j01515	j01516	j01517
j01518	j01519	j01520	j01521	j01522	j01523	j01524	j01525
j01526	j01527	j01528	j01529	j01530	j01531	j01532	j01533
j01534	j01535	j01536	j01537	j01538	j01539

**Bronze inscriptions**
b01075	b01076	b01077	b01078	b01079	b01080	b01081	b01082
b01083	b01084	b01085	b01086	b01087	b01088	b01089	b01090
b01091	b01092	b01093	b01094	b01095	b01096	b01097	b01098
b01099	b01100	b01101	b01102	b01103	b01104	b01105	b01106
b01107	b01108	b01109	b01110	b01111	b01112	b01113	b01114
b01115	b01116	b01117	b01118	b01119	b01120	b01121	b01122
b01123	b01124	b01125

**Small seal script**
s00799	s00800

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L30508	L30509	L30510	L30511	L30512	L02638	L02639	L02640
L02641	L02642	L02643	L02644	L02645	L02646	L02647	L02648
L02649	L02650

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
斜	lja, laː
茶	*rlaː
荼	rlaː, ɦlja, *l'aː
梌	rlaː, l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
搽	*rlaː
塗	rlaː, l'aː
佘	*ɦlja
賒	*hljaː
畬	hljaː, la
舍	hljaːʔ, hljaːs
捨	*hljaːʔ
騇	hljaːʔ, hljaːs
涻	*hljaːs
稌	l̥ʰaː, l̥ʰaːʔ
悇	l̥ʰaː, l̥ʰas, *las
庩	*l̥ʰaː
捈	l̥ʰaː, l'aː
途	*l'aː
酴	*l'aː
駼	*l'aː
鵌	l'aː, la
涂	l'aː, l'a
嵞	*l'aː
峹	*l'aː
筡	l'aː, l̥ʰa
蒤	*l'aː
徐	*lja
俆	*lja
敘	*ljaʔ
漵	*ljaʔ
除	l'a, l'as
篨	*rla
滁	*rla
蒢	*rla
蜍	ɦlja, la
鵨	*hljaː
瑹	*hlja
余	*la
餘	*la
艅	*la
狳	*la
雓	*la
悆	*las

Pictogram (象形) – thatched cottage; house. Original form of 舍 (OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs, “house”).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 余 – see 餘 (“to remain; to have left; time after an event; etc.”). (This character, 余, is the simplified form of 餘.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		余

“I; me”: Related to 予 (OC *la, “I”), 台 (OC *lɯ, “I”) and 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ, “my; I”), forming the *l- series of first-person Old Chinese personal pronouns. This series is commonly used by Shang Dynasty kings to refer to themselves.; In contrast, Old Chinese also had the *ŋ- series of first-person pronouns, represented by 我 (OC *ŋaːlʔ, “I”) and 吾 (OC *ŋraː, *ŋaː, “I”), which became more widely used over time.; Further etymology is obscure (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yú (yu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou, Jyutping): jyu⁴
(Taishan, Wiktionary): yi³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): yì
(Meixian, Guangdong): yi²
Jin (Wiktionary): y¹
Min Dong (BUC): ṳ̀
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): û / îr / î
(Teochew, Peng'im): e⁵
Wu (Wiktionary): hhy (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yú
  - Wade–Giles: yü²
  - Yale: yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
  - Palladius: юй (juj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴
  - Yale: yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ji²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
  - Hakka Romanization System: iˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: y¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /y¹¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û
  - Tâi-lô: û
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore): /u²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: îr
  - Tâi-lô: îr
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Singapore): /ɯ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, variant in Taiwan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
  - Tâi-lô: î
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ii
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Taipei, Singapore): /i²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: e⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɯ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hhy (T3)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦy²³/

Middle Chinese: /jɨʌ/

Rime
Character	余
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	以諸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/iɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jɨə̆/
Li Rong	/iɔ/
Wang Li	/jĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/i̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyu⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*la/
(Zhengzhang): /*la/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	余
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yú
Middle Chinese	‹ yo ›
Old Chinese	/*la/
English	1sg., prob. a polite form
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	余
Reading #	1/1
No.	15798
Phonetic component	余
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	余
Old Chinese	/*la/
Notes	說文舍省聲，甲文即象居舍初文

Definitions

余

(literary) I; me
- 余姑翦滅此而朝食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  余姑翦灭此而朝食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE
  Yú gū jiǎnmiè cǐ ér zhāoshí. [Pinyin]
  I will eliminate them before having my morning meal.
- 古之人不余欺也。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: 1084, 蘇軾 (Su Shi), 石鐘山記
  Gǔ zhī rén bù yú qī yě. [Pinyin]
  The ancient people did not deceive me.
(obsolete) the fourth month of the Chinese calendar
a surname
余華／余华 ― Yú Huá ― Yu Hua (Chinese author)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 我 (“I”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		吾, 我, 余, 予, 台, 朕, 臣, 愚 humble
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		我, 本人 humble, 在下 humble
Mandarin	Beijing	我
	Taiwan	我
	Tianjin	我
	Langfang	我
	Chengde	我
	Tangshan	我
	Cangzhou	我, 俺
	Baoding	我
	Shijiazhuang	我, 俺
	Ulanhot	我
	Tongliao	我
	Chifeng	我, 咱
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	我
	Heihe	我, 俺
	Qiqihar	我, 俺
	Harbin	我, 俺
	Jiamusi	我, 俺, 咱
	Baicheng	我
	Changchun	我
	Tonghua	我, 咱
	Shenyang	我
	Dandong	我, 俺
	Jinzhou	我
	Dalian	我
	Yantai	我, 俺
	Yantai (Muping)	我, 俺
	Qingdao	我, 俺
	Lijin	我, 俺
	Weifang (Weicheng)	我, 俺
	Weifang (Fangzi)	我, 俺
	Weifang (Hanting)	我, 俺
	Changyi	我, 俺
	Gaomi	我, 俺
	Zhucheng	我, 俺
	Anqiu	我, 俺
	Changle	我, 俺
	Linqu	我, 俺
	Qingzhou	俺
	Shouguang	我, 俺
	Rizhao	我, 俺
	Wulian	我, 俺
	Jinan	我, 俺
	Jining	我, 俺
	Luoyang	我, 俺
	Wanrong	我, 俺
	Shangqiu	我, 俺
	Yuanyang	我, 俺
	Zhengzhou	我, 俺
	Kaifeng	我, 俺
	Lingbao	我
	Xinyang	我
	Ankang	我
	Baihe	我
	Ziyang	我
	Hanzhong	我
	Xi'an	我, 俺 †
	Baoji	我
	Yinchuan	我
	Tongxin	我
	Zhongwei	我
	Guyuan	我
	Tianshui	我
	Lanzhou	我
	Dunhuang	我
Xining	我
Hami	我
Ürümqi	我
Yanqi	我
Wuhan	我
Huanggang	我
Yichang	我
Xiangyang	我
Tianmen	我
Hong'an	我
Chengdu	我
Chengdu (Xindu)	我
Nanchong	我
Nanbu	我
Dazhou	我
Hanyuan	我
Xichang	我
Zigong	我
Chongqing	我
Lhasa	我
Guiyang	我
Zunyi	我
Bijie	我
Liping	我
Zhaotong	我
Dali	我
Kunming	我
Mengzi	我
Guilin	我
Guilin (Lingui)	我
Guanyang	我
Lipu	我
Pingle	我
Yangshuo	我
Liuzhou	我
Nanning (Xiakuojie)	我
Nanning (Fujian)	我
Nanning (Wuming)	我
Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)	我
Binyang (Nanjie)	我
Shanglin (Sanli)	我
Yizhou	我
Qinzhou (Longmengang)	我
Jishou	我
Changde	我, 頑, 俺
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	我
Anqing	我
Xuzhou	我, 俺, 咱
Xuzhou (Jiawang)	俺, 我
Pizhou	俺, 我
Suining	我
Xinyi	我, 俺
Fengxian	我, 俺
Suqian	俺
Ganyu	我, 俺
Fuyang	我, 俺
Wuhu	我
Yangzhou	我
Jiangdu	我
Baoying	我
Gaoyou	我
Yizheng	我
Lianyungang	我, 俺
Donghai	我, 俺
Guanyun	我
Guannan	我, 呣
Huai'an (Huaiyin)	我
Huai'an (Hongze)	我
Lianshui	我
Xuyi	我
Jinhu	我
Xinghua	我
Nanjing	我
Hefei	我
Bengbu	我, 俺
Chuzhou	我
Nantong	我
Rugao	我
Rudong	我
Hai'an	我
Yancheng	我
Dongtai	我
Sheyang	我
Funing	我
Jianhu	我
Xiangshui	我
Shuyang	我
Sihong	我, 俺
Taizhou	我
Taixing	我
Jiangyan	我
Jingjiang (Dongxing)	我
Zhenjiang	我
Jurong	我
Malaysia	我
Singapore	我
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	我
Dagudi (Maliba)	我
Reshuitang (Longling)	我
Mae Salong (Lancang)	我
Mae Sai (Tengchong)	我
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	我
Cantonese	Guangzhou	我
	Hong Kong	我
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	我
	Macau	我
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	我
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	我
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	我
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	我
	Foshan	我
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	我
	Foshan (Shunde)	我
	Foshan (Sanshui)	我
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	我
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	我
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	我
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	我
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	我
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	𠊎
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	我
	Taishan	我
	Kaiping (Chikan)	我
	Enping (Niujiang)	我
	Heshan (Yayao)	我
	Dongguan	我
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	我
	Qingyuan	我
	Fogang	我
	Yingde (Hanguang)	我
	Yangshan	我
	Lianshan (Butian)	我
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	我
	Shaoguan	我
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	我
	Renhua	我
	Lechang	我
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	我
	Sihui	我
	Guangning	我
	Deqing	我
	Huaiji	我
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	儂
	Yunfu	我, 儂
	Xinxing	我
	Luoding	我
	Yunan (Pingtai)	我
	Yangjiang	我
	Xinyi	我
	Maoming (Xinpo)	我
	Lianjiang	我
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	我
	Nanning	我
	Wuzhou	我
	Yulin	我
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	我
	Hepu (Shatian)	我
	Guiping	我
	Mengshan (Xihe)	我
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	我
	Beiliu	我
	Baise	我
	Bobai	我
	Lingshan	我
	Pubei	我
	Qinzhou	我
Beihai	我
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	我
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	我
Ningming	我
Hengxian	我
Hezhou (Pumen)	儂
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	我
Danzhou	我
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	我
Penang (Guangfu)	我
Singapore (Guangfu)	我
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	我
Móng Cái	我
Gan	Nanchang	我
	Nanchang (Wangcheng)	我
	Anyi	我仂
	Lushan	我
	Pengze	我
	Duchang	我, 我濃
	Wuning (Quankou)	我
	Poyang	我
	Yugan	阿, 我郎
	Wannian	阿
	Hengfeng	阿, 阿仂
	Yanshan	阿, 阿仂
	Leping	阿
	Yichun	我
	Yifeng	阿
	Gao'an	我
	Fengxin	我
	Shanggao	我
	Wanzai	我
	Fengcheng	我
	Xinyu	阿, 我
	Fuzhou (Shangdundu)	我
	Fuzhou (Dongxiang)	阿仂
	Nancheng	阿
	Nanfeng	阿仂, 阿
	Yihuang	我
	Lichuan	我, 阿
	Chongren	我
	Pingxiang	巷
	Lianhua	我
	Ji'an	阿, 我
	Yongfeng	我
	Taihe	我
	Xiajiang	我
	Yongxin	我
	Yingtan (Yujiang)	阿
	Guixi	阿, 阿仂
	Jianning	我
	Jinxian	我
	Jinxi	阿
	Le'an	我
	Guangchang	阿
	Anfu	我
	Suichuan	𠊎
	Wan'an	𠊎
	Jing'an	我
	Zhangshu	我
	Xingan	我
	Fenyi	我
Hakka	Meixian	𠊎
	Xingning	𠊎
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	我
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	我
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	我
	Huiyang	𠊎
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	我
	Huidong (Daling)	𠊎
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	𠊎
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	我
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	我
	Boluo (Bendihua)	我
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	𠊎
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	𠊎
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	𠊎
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	𠊎
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	𠊎
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	𠊎
	Wuhua (Changbu)	𠊎
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	𠊎
	Wuhua (Meilin)	𠊎
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	我
	Zijin	我
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	我
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	我
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	我
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	我
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	我
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	我
	Wengyuan	𠊎
	Nanxiong (Zhuji)	𠊎
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	𠊎
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	我
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	我
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	𠊎
	Liannan	𠊎
	Conghua (Lütian)	𠊎
	Jiexi	𠊎
	Luhe	𠊎
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	𠊎
	Changting	𠊎
	Shanghang	𠊎
	Yongding	𠊎
	Wuping	𠊎
	Wuping (Yanqian)	𠊎
	Wuping (Pingyu)	𠊎
	Liancheng	𠊎
	Ninghua	𠊎
	Qingliu	𠊎
	Yudu	𠊎
	Ningdu	𠊎
	Ruijin	𠊎
	Shicheng	𠊎
	Shangyou (Shexi)	𠊎
	Tonggu (Sandu)	𠊎
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	𠊎
	Dayu	𠊎
	Dingnan	𠊎
	Longnan	𠊎
	Xunwu	𠊎
	Huichang	𠊎
	Nankang	𠊎
	Chongyi	𠊎
	Xingguo	𠊎
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	𠊎
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	𠊎
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	𠊎
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	𠊎
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	𠊎
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	𠊎
Hong Kong	𠊎
Yangxi (Tangkou)	𠊎
Yangchun (Sanjia)	𠊎
Xinyi (Sihe)	𠊎
Xinyi (Qianpai)	𠊎
Gaozhou (Xindong)	𠊎
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	𠊎
Huazhou (Xin'an)	𠊎
Lianjiang (Shijiao)	𠊎
Lianjiang (Qingping)	𠊎
Mengshan (Xihe)	𠊎
Luchuan	𠊎
Luchuan (Daqiao)	𠊎
Bobai (Shahe)	𠊎
Bobai (Longtan)	𠊎
Bobai (Lingping)	𠊎
Bobai (Lingjiao)	𠊎
Beiliu (Tang'an)	𠊎
Mashan (Pianlian)	我
Sabah (Longchuan)	𠊎, 我
Senai (Huiyang)	𠊎
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	𠊎
Singkawang	𠊎
Singapore (Dabu)	𠊎
Bangkok (Meixian)	𠊎
Huizhou	Jixi	我
	Shexian	我, 阿
	Wuyuan	我
	Fuliang	我
	Dexing	我
	Chun'an (Qiandaohu)	我
	Jiande (Meicheng)	黨, 卬
	Jiande (Shouchang)	我, 我儂
Jin	Taiyuan	我, 俺 †, used only by females
	Yangyuan	我, 俺
	Datong	我
	Xinzhou	我, 俺
	Lishi	我, 俺
	Linfen	我
	Changzhi	我
	Linhe	我
	Jining	我, 俺
	Hohhot	我, 俺
	Erenhot	我, 俺
	Pingshan	我, 俺
	Zhangjiakou	我
	Handan	我, 俺
	Linzhou	我, 俺
	Suide	我
Min Bei	Jian'ou	我, 俺
	Songxi	我
	Zhenghe	我
	Jianyang	我
Min Dong	Fuzhou	我, 奴
	Changle	我
	Lianjiang	我
	Fuqing	我
	Pingtan	我
	Yongtai	我
	Minqing	我
	Gutian	我
	Pingnan	我
	Luoyuan	我
	Fu'an	我
	Ningde	我
	Xiapu	我
	Zherong	我
	Shouning	我
	Zhouning	我
	Fuding	我
	Taishun	我
	Cangnan	我
	Singapore (Fuqing)	我
	Manjung (Gutian)	我
Min Nan	Xiamen	我, 阮
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	我
	Quanzhou	我, 阮
	Jinjiang	我
	Nan'an	我
	Shishi	我
	Hui'an	我
	Anxi	我
	Yongchun	我
	Dehua	我
	Zhangzhou	我, 阮
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	我
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	我
	Hua'an	我
	Nanjing	我
	Pinghe	我
	Zhangpu	我
	Yunxiao	我
	Zhao'an	我
	Dongshan	我
	Taipei	我, 阮 GT
	Taipei (Wanhua)	我
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	我
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	我
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	我
	Kaohsiung	我
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	我
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	我
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	我
	Yilan	我
	Changhua (Lukang)	我
	Taichung	我
	Taichung (Wuqi)	我
	Tainan	我
	Taitung	我
	Hsinchu	我
	Kinmen	我
	Penghu (Magong)	我
	Penang (Hokkien)	我
	Singapore (Hokkien)	我
	Manila (Hokkien)	我
	Longyan	我
	Zhangping	我
	Datian	我
	Shunchang (Pushang)	我
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	我
	Guilin (Biyange)	我
	Cangnan	我
	Chaozhou	我
	Shantou	我
	Shantou (Chenghai)	我
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	我
	Jieyang	我
	Haifeng	我
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	我
	Singapore (Teochew)	我
	Pontianak (Teochew)	我
	Wenchang	我, 儂 polite/humble
	Haikou	我
	Singapore (Hainanese)	我, 儂 polite/humble
Puxian Min	Putian	我
Puxian Min	Xianyou	我
Min Zhong	Yong'an	我
	Shaxian	我
	Yanping (Wangtai)	我
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	伉
	Guangze	伉
	Jiangle	我
	Mingxi	我
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	我
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	我
Shehua	Jingning	我
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	我
Wu	Shanghai	我, 阿拉
	Shanghai (Chongming)	我
	Shanghai (Jiading)	唔, 唔儂
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	我儂
	Suzhou	我, 奴
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	吾, 吾奴
	Wuxi	我
	Changshu	我
	Haimen	我
	Jiaxing	我奴
	Jiashan	我奴, 我
	Pinghu	我奴, 我
	Haining (Yanguan)	我
	Tongxiang	我
	Haiyan	我, 活儂, 活奴
	Changzhou	我
	Danyang	我
	Gaochun	我
	Huzhou	是我
	Changxing	我, 是我
	Anji	我
	Deqing	我
	Hangzhou	我
	Hangzhou (Yuhang)	我, 是我
	Hangzhou (Lin'an)	我, 是我, 什我
	Hangzhou (Fuyang)	我, 是我
	Hangzhou (Xiaoshan)	我
	Tonglu	我, 是我
	Tonglu (Wusheng)	我
	Shaoxing	我
	Zhuji	我
	Shengzhou	我
	Xinchang	我
	Ningbo	我, 我儂, 像我
	Zhenhai	我
	Fenghua	我
	Yuyao	我
	Cixi	我
	Xiangshan	我, 像我
	Zhoushan	伢
	Huangyan	我
	Tiantai	我
	Xianju	我
	Sanmen	我
	Linhai	我
	Wenling	我俚
	Wenzhou	我
	Yueqing	我
	Yongjia (Fenglin)	我
	Rui'an	我
	Pingyang	我
	Taishun	我
	Wencheng	我
	Lishui	我
	Qingtian	我
	Jinyun	我, 動我
	Wuyi (Liucheng)	我
	Songyang (Xiping)	我
	Yunhe	我
	Jingning	我
	Qingyuan	我
	Longquan	我
	Quzhou	我
	Suichang	我, 我儂
Jiangshan	我
Changshan	我
Kaihua	我, 我儂
Longyou	我, 我儂
Jinhua	我, 我儂
Jinhua (Tangxi)	我, 我儂
Yiwu	我
Yongkang	我
Pujiang	我
Dongyang	我
Wuyi	我, 我儂
Lanxi	我, 我儂
Shangrao	阿儂
Shangrao (Guangfeng)	阿
Yushan	阿, 儂
Xiang	Changsha	我
	Loudi	我
	Shuangfeng	我, 卬
	Quanzhou	我
Note	† - as an attributive, used without 的; GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

Compounds

伊余
伯余
余一人
余且
余丘
余余

余吾
余家棚 (Yújiāpéng)
余小子
余月
接余
新余 (Xīnyú)

比余
祝余
莫余毒也 (mòyúdúyě)
余兒／余儿
余家橋／余家桥 (Yújiāqiáo)
余車／余车

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 余 – see 佘. (This character, 余, is a variant form of 佘.)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tú (tu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tú
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tú
  - Wade–Giles: tʻu²
  - Yale: tú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
  - Palladius: ту (tu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵/

Definitions

余

Only used in 接余 and 檮余／梼余 (Chóutú).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xú (xu²)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syú
  - Wade–Giles: hsü²
  - Yale: syú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyu
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³⁵/

Definitions

余

Only used in 余吾.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xié (xie²)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sié
  - Wade–Giles: hsieh²
  - Yale: syé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shye
  - Palladius: се (se)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ³⁵/

Definitions

余

Only used in 褒余.

Etymology 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 余 – see 豫 (“big elephant”). (This character, 余, is a variant form of 豫.)

Japanese

Kanji

余

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

a personal pronoun

Readings

Go-on: よ (yo, Jōyō)
Kan-on: よ (yo, Jōyō)
Kun: われ (ware, 余)

Kanji

Shinjitai	余
Kyūjitai	餘

Glyph origin

Simplified from 餘 (elimination of 𩙿).

余

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 餘)

over, too much
extraneous, remainder

Readings

Go-on: よ (yo, Jōyō)
Kan-on: よ (yo, Jōyō)
Kun: あまる (amaru, 余る, Jōyō); あます (amasu, 余す, Jōyō); あまり (amari, 余り)

Compounds

余世, 余生
余事
余人
余儀
余光
余党
余分
余切
余剰
余割
余力
余勢
余命
余喘
余地
余塵
余寒
余弊
余弦
余得
余徳
余念
余情
余意
余慶
余憤
余所
余技
余接
余日
余暇
余栄
余業
余殃
余水吐
余水路
余沢
余波
余滴
余瀝
余炎
余烈
余煙
余熱
余燼
余爽
余病
余白
余禄
余程
余罪
余習
余聞
余臭
余興
余色
余芳
余薫
余蘊
余裕
余角
余計
余談
余財
余賊
余輩
余録
余震
余韻
余類
余風
余香
余齢

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
余
よ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
餘 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 餘 (MC jɨʌ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よ [yóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
(Tokyo) よ [yò] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [jo̞]

Noun

余(よ) • (yo)

over, more than, a little more than, plus, upwards of
Synonyms: 余り (amari), 有余 (yūyo), 以上 (ijō)
- 1950, 坂口安吾, 肝臓先生‎, 青空文庫:
  遠洋(えんよう)へ漁(りょう)にでると、一(いっ)ヶ月(げつ)、マグロなら二(に)ヶ月(げつ)の余(よ)も、海(うみ)の上(うえ)で暮(くら)すのである。
  En'yō e ryō ni deru to, ikkagetsu, maguro nara nikagetsu no yo mo, umi no ue de kurasu no de aru.
  When they go out to the open sea to fish, they live on the sea for one month, more than two months if fishing for tuna.
other
Synonyms: 他 (hoka), 他 (ta)
remainder
Synonyms: 余り (amari), 残り (nokori), 残余 (zan'yo), 余分 (yobun)

Suffix

余(よ) • (-yo)

over, more than, a little more than, plus, upwards of
Synonyms: 余り (amari), 有余 (yūyo), 以上 (ijō)
二十(にじゅう)余(よ)年(ねん)
nijū-yonen
over twenty years
- 1889, 福澤諭吉, 福翁自伝‎, 青空文庫:
  その時私(ときわたし)は鉄砲洲(てっぽうず)に住(すまっ)て居(い)て、鉄砲洲(てっぽうず)から小石川(こいしかわ)まで頓(やが)て二里(にり)余(よ)もありましょう
  sono toki watashi wa Teppōzu ni sumatte ite, Teppōzu kara Koishikawa made yagate niri-yo mo arimashō
  I was living in Teppōzu then, and there is likely around two plus ri from Teppōzu to Koishikawa
- 1926, 南部修太郎, 寫眞と思ひ出 ――私の写真修行――‎, 青空文庫:
  しかし、いろ／＼合(あは)せて、もう千(せん)余(よ)枚(まい)を數(かぞ)へる印畫(いんぐわ)のアルバムを時折繰眺(ときをりくりなが)めるのは、樂(たのし)く愉快(ゆくわい)である。
  Shikashi, iroiro awasete, mō sen-yomai o kazoeru inga no arubamu o tokiori kuri nagameru no wa, tanoshiku yukai de aru.
  However, it is fun and delightful to flip through and gaze at my album of prints from time to time, which now number more than one thousand altogether.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
余
よ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
予

From Middle Chinese 余 (MC jɨʌ).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よ [yóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [jo̞]

Pronoun

余(よ) • (yo)

I, me (first-person pronoun)
- 1909, Isikawa Takuboku, Romazi Nikki
  Yo wa Sai wo aisiteru; aisiteru kara koso kono Nikki wo yomase taku nai no da.
  I love my Wife; it is precisely because I love her that I do not want her to read this Diary.

Korean

Hanja

余 (eum 여 (yeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

余: Hán Nôm readings: dư, dờ

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References

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