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Kanji Detail for 余 - "surplus, remainder, other"

  • Meaning

    余 means "surplus, remainder, other."

    1. Surplus - More than enough; excess.

    2. Remainder - What is left over; the rest.

    3. Other - Additional; besides.

    4. I - First person pronoun (humble).

  • Words using

    • 余裕 よゆう Listen surplus; margin; leeway
    • 余儀ない よぎない Listen unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
    • 余儀なく よぎなく Listen unavoidably; necessarily; inevitably
    • 余暇 よか Listen leisure; leisure time; spare time
    • 余計 よけい Listen extra; more; too much
    • 余りに あまりに Listen too (much); overly; excessively
    • 余波 よは Listen waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
    • 余る あまる Listen to remain; to be left over; to be in excess
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 紆余曲折 うよきょくせつ Listen turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering
    • 読書三余 どくしょさんよ Listen winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading
  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: surplus, remainder, other
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あまり, あまる, い, ゆう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (あまる)Listen

    Surnames (あまり)Listen ()Listen (ゆう)Listen ()Listen (よい)Listen (よう)Listen (よさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    too much; myself; surplus; other; remainder

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    I, my, me; surname; surplus

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Yu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    surplus, remainder; surname

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    I; me.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • I've got time on my hands.

  • I can't afford to play tennis.

  • We may not be able to afford it.

  • I can't afford a car.

  • There is no room for doubt.

  • He can't afford to buy a new car.

  • I cannot afford to pay so much.

  • We have no spare money.

  • For one thing , i couldn't afford to do that.

  • There is no room for doubt.

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