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Kanji Detail for 遺 - "to leave behind, to remain"

遺

  • Meaning

    遺 means "to leave behind, to remain." Also associated with to forget.

    1. Leave behind - To bequeath; to pass on.

    2. Remain - What stays after; a remnant.

    3. Forget - To fail to remember.

    4. Lose - To misplace; to drop.

  • Words using 遺

    • 遺族 いぞく Listen bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
    • 遺伝子 いでんし Listen gene
    • 遺憾 いかん Listen regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable
    • 遺産 いさん Listen inheritance; bequest; legacy
    • 遺骨 いこつ Listen cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes; remains (of war dead)
    • 後遺症 こういしょう Listen prognostic symptoms; after-effect; sequela
    • 遺棄 いき Listen abandonment; desertion
    • 遺伝 いでん Listen heredity; (genetic) inheritance

  • Four-character idioms with 遺

    • 意趣遺恨 いしゅいこん Listen grudge; spite; malice
    • 滄海遺珠 そうかいのいしゅ Listen talented person unbeknownst to the world
    • 遺憾千万 いかんせんばん Listen extremely regrettable; deeply unfortunate; most disappointing

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    • Verified meaning: to leave behind, to remain
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あとう, ゆい)
    • Also carries these associations: to forget

    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 遺

    Given names 遺(ゆい)Listen

    Surnames 遺(あとう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    bequeath; leave behind; reserve

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lose; articles lost; omit

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to leave behind

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to lose; a lost article

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

    To lose. To accidentally omit something. As in 拾遺 (gather what was lost), 補遺 (supplement what was omitted). | Remaining. Something that has passed but not completely vanished. As in 遺恨 (lingering regret), 遺事 (past events). | To leave behind. Leaving something for posterity is called 遺. As in 遺囑 (will; testament), 遺傳 (inheritance; heredity). | Urination is called 遺. 小遺 is like the colloquial expression for "relieving oneself," referring to excreta. | To present as a gift.

  • Onyomi

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    i(イ) イ

    yui(ユイ) ユイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    noko.su(のこ-す) のこ-す

  • Strokes

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    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    leave behind remain forget abandon discard gift lose slip away legacy bequeath heirloom inheritance misplace relic remnant

Sentences including 遺

  • Here were some relics.

  • He asked his brother to execute his will.

  • He made a will last year.

  • I shall will my money to a hospital.

  • This result leaves much to be desired.

  • My uncle made a will last year.

  • Where is the lost and found?

  • Where is the lost and found?

  • My uncle made a will last year.

  • He died without having made a will.

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