Chinese Character 餘 Meanings and components.

Form

餘

Meaning

餘 meaning[3] in English

Extra.

Surplus.

Remaining.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 餘 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to eat (食) , and surname Yu (余)

Its radical[1] is: 食 (shi2) which means: To Eat, Food, Animal Feed, Eclipse, .食shi2to eat

In cangjie it is written with OIOMD

How to write 餘

To write餘yu2extra you should write a combination of 食shi2to eat , 余yu2surname Yu arranged in a 吅 shape:

食 + 余 = 餘

餘 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

餘
Pinyin:yu2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Extra . Surplus . Remaining . Remainder After Division . (Following Numerical Value) Or More . In Excess Of (Some Number) . Residue (Math.) . After . I . Me
食
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: To Eat . Food . Animal Feed . Eclipse
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
良
Pinyin:liang2 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Good . Very . Very Much
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
艮
Pinyin:gen3
Meaning[3]: Blunt . Tough . Chewy
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

  • Wiktionary Page for 餘in English or Chinese