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Chinese symbol for “throwback”

余绪
yú xù
Traditional: 餘緒
vestigial residue; a throwback (to a former age)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for throwback is 余绪 (yú xù), defined as: vestigial residue; a throwback (to a former age).

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
绪 xù
mental state; thread, clue
radical 120 ⽷ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 余绪.

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
情绪 (情緒)qíng xùmood; state of mind
思绪 (思緒)sī xùtrain of thought; emotional state

See also: Japanese symbol for “throwback”.

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.

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