The kanji 残: meaning, readings and stroke order
残
- Meaning
- remain, leave behind
- On reading
- ザン zan
- Kun reading
- のこ(る) nokoru、のこ(す) nokosu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 歹 death, decay
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 殘
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- còn lại, để lại (tàn)
- Japanese
- のこる。のこす。
- Korean
- 남다, 남기다 (잔)
- Chinese
- 剩下、留下
Readings, words and example sentences
ザン zan · on reading
残念
too bad, a pity
負けて とても 残念です。
We lost, and that is really too bad.
のこ(る) nokoru · kun reading
残る
to be left over
ごはんが 少し 残りました。
A little rice was left over.
のこ(す) nokosu · kun reading
残す
to leave, to save (for later)
妹に おかしを 残します。
I save some sweets for my little sister.
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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.