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Kanji Detail for 剰 - "surplus, excess, moreover"
剰
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Meaning
剰 means "surplus, excess, moreover."
Surplus - An amount left over.
Excess - More than necessary.
Moreover - In addition; furthermore.
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Words using 剰
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過剰
かじょう
excess; surplus; superabundance
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余剰
よじょう
surplus; remainder; residue
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過剰
かじょう
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Four-character idioms with 剰
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過剰防衛
かじょうぼうえい
excessive or unjustifiable self-defense (defence)
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過剰防衛
かじょうぼうえい
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Tattoo check: 剰
- Verified meaning: surplus, excess, moreover
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
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.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 剰
There will be a surplus of personnel.
He is overconfident.
Tom is overconfident.
Maybe I was too confident.
Tom is a bit conceited.
That person is overly confident.
The excessive use of salt should be taboo.
The price of cabbage fell because of overproduction.
There is a chronic oversupply of rice in Japan.
The addict died from a drug overdose.
More kanji with the radical 刀 刂 (katana・ritto)
- 刀 sword, knife, blade
- 刃 blade, edge
- 分 to divide, to share
- 切 to cut, close, earnest
- 刈 to mow, to harvest, to reap
- 刊 to publish, to carve, to print
- 刑 punishment
- 列 row, line, rank
- 初 first, initial, new
- 判 to judge
- 別 separate, different, special
- 利 profit
- 到 to reach
- 制 to control, system
- 刷 to print, brush
- 券 ticket, certificate, bond
- 刹 temple, moment
- 刺 to pierce, thorn
- 刻 time
- 則 rule, law
- 削 to shave
- 前 front, before, previous
- 剖 to dissect, to analyze
- 剛 sturdy, rigid
- 剝 to peel, to strip, to deprive
- 剣 sword, swordsmanship