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余

余 — yeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
나 여
Romanization
yeo
English
I, my, me; surname; surplus
Mandarin
yú
Japanese on'yomi
ヨ, ヤ
Japanese kun'yomi
あま.る あま.り あま.す あんま.り
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#680 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Variant forms
餘
Radical
人 (9, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+4F59

Korean example words with 余

  • 여월余月 Korean gloss: 음력 4월을 달리 이르는 말.
  • 여등余等 Korean gloss: ‘우리’를 문어적으로 이르는 말.
  • 여배余輩 Korean gloss: ‘우리’를 문어적으로 이르는 말.
  • 마여왕麻余王 Korean gloss: 부여의 왕(?~?). 간위거왕이 적자 없이 사망하자 제가(諸加)들이 함께 마여를 왕으로 세웠다. 재위기에 우가(牛加)의 족장인
  • 여나산余那山 Korean gloss: 신라 때의 가요. 여나산에서 공부하여 과거에 급제한 어떤 서생이 이름 있는 집안 딸과 혼인하였는데 그 후 서생이 과거를 관장하
  • 여상두余象斗 Korean gloss: 중국 명나라 때의 소설 편집자(?~?). 편집ㆍ간행한 소설로 ≪사유기(四遊記)≫, ≪열국지전(列國志傳)≫, ≪전한지전(全漢志傳

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 余

  • 余裕よゆう surplus; margin; leeway
  • 余地よち space; room; unused land
  • 余儀ないよぎない unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
  • 余儀なくよぎなく unavoidably; necessarily; inevitably
  • 余暇よか leisure; leisure time; spare time
  • 余計よけい extra; more; too much
  • 余りにあまりに too (much); overly; excessively
  • 余りあまり remainder; remnant; rest
  • 余波よは waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
  • 余るあまる to remain; to be left over; to be in excess
  • 余剰よじょう surplus; remainder; residue
  • 余力よりょく remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power

Characters sharing the phonetic 余

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “여”

Other hanja with radical 人

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