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Chinese symbol for “remnants”

余党
yú dǎng
Traditional: 餘黨
remnants (of a defeated clique); rump

The closest CC-CEDICT match for remnants is 余党 (yú dǎng), defined as: remnants (of a defeated clique); rump.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

余 yú
surplus, remainder; surname
radical 9 ⼈ · 7 strokes
党 dǎng
political party, gang, faction
radical 10 ⼉ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “remnants”

WordPinyinMeaning
孑遗 (孑遺)jié yísurvivors; remnants

Related words

Other words that share a character with 余党.

WordPinyinMeaning
其余 (其餘)qí yúthe rest; the others
余额 (餘額)yú ébalance (of an account, bill etc); surplus
业余 (業餘)yè yúin one's spare time; outside working hours
剩余 (剩餘)shèng yúto remain; to be left over; what remains; what's left
多余 (多餘)duō yúsuperfluous; unnecessary
余地 (餘地)yú dìmargin; leeway
政党 (政黨)zhèng dǎngpolitical party; 个 (gè)
党员 (黨員)dǎng yuánparty member

See also: Japanese symbol for “remnants”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.