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余
餘
yú
1. extra
2. surplus
3. remaining
4. remainder after division
5. (following numerical value) or more
6. in excess of (some number)
7. residue (math.)
8. after
9. I
10. me
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 7 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

余
yú
surplus, remainder; surname
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

余月
yúyuè
alternative term for fourth lunar month
余车
yúchē
emperor's carriage
其余
qíyú
the rest
HSK 5
冗余
rǒngyú
redundancy
剩余
shèngyú
remainder
劫余
jiéyú
remnants after a disaster
同余
tóngyú
congruent (math.)
唾余
tuòyú
crumbs from the table of one's master
多余
duōyú
superfluous
HSK 5
大余
Dàyú
Dayu county in Ganzhou [[贛州|赣州]], Jiangxi
夫余
Fūyú
Pu'yo, Korean Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier region of China
富余
fùyu
in surplus
宽余
kuānyú
ample
厨余
chúyú
kitchen waste
扶余
Fúyú
Fuyu county in Songyuan [[松原]], Jilin
新余
Xīnyú
Xinyu prefecture level city in Jiangxi
有余
yǒuyú
to have an abundance
业余
yèyú
spare time
HSK 5
残余
cányú
remnant
百余
bǎiyú
a hundred or more

Alternate Entries

余
Yú
surname Yu
余
yú
(archaic) I / me / variant of [[餘|余<yú>]], surplus

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
728
Word Frequency Rank
3,889 of 84,292

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