余 — Chinese character
余
yú
surplus, remainder; surname
- Pinyin
- yú
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 人
- Traditional
- 餘
- Japanese
- 余 as a kanji
Common words with 余
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 其余 (其餘) | qí yú | the rest; the others |
| 余额 (餘額) | yú é | balance (of an account, bill etc); surplus |
| 业余 (業餘) | yè yú | in one's spare time; outside working hours |
| 剩余 (剩餘) | shèng yú | to remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left |
| 多余 (多餘) | duō yú | superfluous; unnecessary |
| 余地 (餘地) | yú dì | margin; leeway |
| 残余 (殘餘) | cán yú | remnant; relic |
| 余年 (餘年) | yú nián | one's remaining years |
| 余下 (餘下) | yú xià | remaining |
| 盈余 (盈餘) | yíng yú | surplus; profit |
| 不遗余力 (不遺餘力) | bù yí yú lì | to spare no pains or effort (idiom); to do one's utmost |
| 有余 (有餘) | yǒu yú | to have an abundance |
English words written with 余
余 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 12
- Mencius 3B.9
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Contingencies
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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