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余
Yú
1. surname Yu
Very Common • Top 5% ✏️ 7 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

余
yú
surplus, remainder; surname
HSK 5 7 丶

Compound Words (20)

余粮
yúliáng
surplus grain
余角
yújiǎo
complementary angle (additional angle adding to 90 degrees)
余烬
yújìn
ember
余码
yúmǎ
excess code (i.e. the unused bits in binary-coded decimal)
余缺
yúquē
surplus and shortfall
余者
yúzhě
the remaining people
余存
yúcún
remainder
余热
yúrè
residual heat
余剩
yúshèng
surplus
余皇
yúhuáng
large warship
余杭
Yúháng
Yuhang district of Hangzhou city [[杭州市<Hángzhōushì>]], Zhejiang
余绪
yúxù
vestigial residue
余庆
Yúqìng
Yuqing county in Zun'yi [[遵義|遵义<Zūnyì>]], Guizhou
余晖
yúhuī
twilight
赘余
zhuìyú
superfluous
余下
yúxià
remaining
赢余
yíngyú
variant of [[盈餘|盈余<yíngyú>]]
余波
yúbō
aftermath
余月
yúyuè
alternative term for fourth lunar month
余切
yúqiē
cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ

Alternate Entries

余
yú
(archaic) I / me / variant of [[餘|余<yú>]], surplus
余
yú
extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me

Metadata

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