餘
See also: 余 and 馀
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Translingual
| Traditional | 餘 |
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| Shinjitai | 余 |
| Simplified | 余/馀 |
Alternative forms
- In Japanese kyūjitai and Korean hanja, this character is written with the left component 𩙿 which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
- In traditional Chinese and Vietnamese Nôm, the left component is written 飠 instead.
Han character
餘 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+7, 15 strokes in Chinese, 16 strokes in Japanese and Korean, cangjie input 人戈人一木 (OIOMD), four-corner 88794, composition ⿰飠余(GHTV) or ⿰𩙿余(JK))
Derived characters
- 𬉣, 𮣧, 𧃋
Related characters
- 余 (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese) - Note that 余 and 餘 are unrelated in traditional Chinese
- 馀 (Non-standard form in mainland China. Only used when it is desirable to distinguish 餘 from 余)
References
- KangXi: page 1420, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44185
- Dae Jaweon: page 1945, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4456, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9918
Chinese
| trad. | 餘 | |
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| simp. | 余*/馀 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 餘 | |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (余) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *la) : semantic 食 + phonetic 余 (OC *la).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
餘
- to remain; to have left
- time after an event
- 公餘／公余 ― gōngyú ― spare time; free time (literally, “time outside work”)
- 痛心之餘／痛心之余 ― tòngxīn zhī yú ― when recovered from grief
- over; more than
- 四十餘人／四十余人 ― sìshí yú rén ― forty-odd people
- surplus; remainder; excess
- 年年有餘／年年有余 ― niánniányǒuyú ― to have a surplus year after year
- remaining; spare; surplus
- 餘額／余额 ― yú'é ― remaining sum; balance
- 餘生／余生 ― yúshēng ― remainder of one's life; one's remaining years
- (obsolete) Alternative form of 余 (yú, “I”).
- (obsolete) salt
- a surname
Usage notes
In simplified Chinese, 馀 is a non-standard form of 餘 only used as a surname or when it is desirable to distinguish 餘 from 余.
In traditional Chinese, the surnames 餘 and 余 are distinct, with the latter being much more common among the population.
Compounds
Derived terms from 餘
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Pronunciation 2
Definitions
餘
- Only used in 緒餘／绪余 (xùyú).
Japanese
Shinjitai | 余 |
Kyūjitai | 餘 |
Kanji
餘
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 余)
- Kyūjitai form of 余.
- (rare) be left over
Readings
- On (unclassified): よ (yo)
- Kun: あまる (amaru)
Usage notes
余 is the preferred form used in modern Japanese.
Korean
Hanja
餘 (eumhun 남을 여 (nameul yeo))
- Hanja form? of 여 (“remainder”).
Compounds
- 잉여 (剩餘, ing'yeo, “surplus; overplus; remainder”)
- 잔여 (殘餘, janyeo, “remains; remnants; residue”)
Vietnamese
Han character
餘: Hán Nôm readings: dư, thừa
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References
- Nom Foundation