Phonosemantic compound. 飠 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (餘)
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蝕 eat away (trad)飢 starving (trad/jp)飩 dumplings (trad)飪 cooked food (trad)飫 surfeited (trad)飯 meal (trad/jp)飴 Sweet-Cakes Sweet-Meats (trad)飼 rear (trad/jp)飽 sated (trad/jp)餃 dumpling (trad)餄 noodles either made (trad)餅 cookie (trad/jp)餉 rations and pay (trad)餌 bait (trad/jp)餎 noodles either made (trad)餑 cakes (trad)餒 dispirited (trad)餓 hungry (trad/jp)餕 leftovers (trad)餚 cooked or prepared meat (trad)
Historical Evolution
馀
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
馀
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
馀
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
馀
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
馀
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馀
Regular
Modern
Chinese
余 / 餘 [yú]
extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me
Japanese
- other; another; remaining; leftover
- over; more than
- I; me
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
餘 い
I surname
餘 ゆう
Yū surname
CHINESE WORDS (128)
其余 [qíyú] #4,879
the rest
业余 [yèyú] #4,395
in one's spare time
剩余 [shèngyú] #7,381
remainder
余地 [yúdì] #6,370
margin
余额 [yú'é] #20,598
balance (of an account, bill etc)
多余 [duōyú] #5,736
superfluous
余下 [yúxià] #9,790
remaining
残余 [cányú] #12,789
remnant
有余 [yǒuyú] #41,519
to have an abundance
盈余 [yíngyú] #38,105
surplus
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JAPANESE WORDS (2)