Hanja Analyzer
餘

餘 — yeo

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
남을 여
Romanization
yeo
English
surplus, excess, remainder
Mandarin
yú
Japanese on'yomi
ヨ, ヤ
Japanese kun'yomi
あま.る あま.り あま.す
Japanese usage
Not on either list
Strokes
15
Variant forms
余
Radical
食 (184, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
余
Unicode
U+9918

Parts that make up 餘

  • ⻞ Japanese form of 飠
  • 余 나 여sound 풀로 이은 오두막‘여·서·도’ 계열의 소리

How 餘 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 餘 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 食, 余.

Korean example words with 餘

  • 여금餘金 Korean gloss: 쓰고 남은 돈
  • 여망餘望 Korean gloss: 아직 남은 희망
  • 여석餘席 Korean gloss: 남아 있는 자리
  • 여취餘臭 Korean gloss: 남아 있는 냄새
  • 순여旬餘 Korean gloss: 열흘 남짓한 동안
  • 여년餘年 Korean gloss: 앞으로 남은 인생
  • 여생餘生 Korean gloss: 앞으로 남은 인생
  • 여신餘燼 Korean gloss: 타고 남은 불기운
  • 여타餘他 Korean gloss: 그 밖의 다른 것
  • 여택餘澤 Korean gloss: 끼치고 남은 혜택
  • 여재餘財 Korean gloss: 남은 재물이나 재산
  • 여가餘暇 Korean gloss: 일이 없어 남는 시간

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

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 食

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