Chinese Character 余 Meanings and components.

Form

余

Meaning

余 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yu.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 余 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 集[ji2] (亼) , and one of the … (朩)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OMD

How to write 余

To write余yu2surname Yu you should write a combination of 亼ji2variant of … , 朩deng3one of … arranged in a 吕 shape:

亼 + 朩 = 余

余 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 余 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 余, looks as follow:

余
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yu
亼
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 集[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
朩
Pinyin:deng3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: One Of The Characters Used In Kwukyel (Phonetic 'Pin'), An Ancient Korean Writing System

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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