The kanji 余: meaning, readings and stroke order

余

Meaning: extra, left over
On reading: ヨ yo
Kun reading: あま（る） amaru、あま（す） amasu
Strokes: 7
Radical: 人 man, human
Level: Level 5 · grade 5
Old form: 餘

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dư, thừa (dư)
Japanese: あまる。のこり。
Korean: 남다, 나머지 (여)
Chinese: 多余、剩下

Readings, words and example sentences

ヨ yo · on reading

余よ分ぶん
extra, more than needed
余よ分ぶんな紙は使いません。
I don't use more paper than I need.

あま（る） amaru · kun reading

余あまる
to be left over
ケーキが一つ 余あまりました。
There was one piece of cake left over.

あま（す） amasu · kun reading · less common

余あます
to leave (something) unused
時間を 余あまさず 使います。
I use all of my time without wasting any.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.