余 — too much, myself, surplus

あまる余 too much

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+4F59 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #680 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1786 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

too much
myself
surplus
other
remainder

word

あま ama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

余(あま) る amaru to remain 余(あま) り amari remainder 余(あま) りに amarini too much

よ yo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

余(よ) 計(けい) yokei extra 余(よ) 地(ち) yochi room 余(よ) yo surplus 余(よ) 談(だん) yodan digression 余(よ) 分(ぶん) yobun extra 余(よ) 裕(ゆう) yoyuu surplus 余(よ) 儀(ぎ) ない yoginai unavoidable 余(よ) 剰(じょう) yojou surplus

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

ひと人 person #9

ちいさい小 little #42

Used as component in (5)

のぞく除 exclude と途 route じょ徐 gradually しゃ斜 diagonal じょ叙 confer

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#9 人 person