remaining; surplus; extra

Character data

Radical ⼈ (9.5)
Strokes 7
TRADITIONAL ,
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

余 yú
  1. 1. remaining
  2. 2. surplus
  3. 3. extra
  4. 4. (following numerical value) or more
  5. 5. in excess of (some number)
  6. 6. after
  7. 7. remainder after division
  8. 8. residue (math.)
  9. 9. surname Yu
  10. 10. variant of , surplus
  11. 11. variant of , remainder
  12. 12. me
  13. 13. I
  14. 14. (archaic) I

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Words containing 余

Word Meaning
Cao Yuzhang, modern Chinese writer and editor
college for people who attend after work
amateur; hobbyist
spare-time education; evening classes
amateur
annual budgetary surplus or deficit (accountancy)
evil elements who have escaped eradication
residual contamination
trash; litter
to fall short of the best but be better than the worst
to leave room to maneuver; to leave a margin for error
a hundred or more
Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom)
spare energy after study; time for extras
superfluous
variant of yíng yú
supernova residue (a type of nebula)
to have room to save a situation; margin for error (idiom)
hyperbolic cosecant, i.e. function cosech(x)
hyperbolic cosine or cosh (math.)
cotangent (of angle), written cot θ or ctg θ
surplus; remainder