Memory phrase for the character: 余

余

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Meaning

remaining, extra, surplus

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

 Top: a heap , bottom: Variant of show 示 (= This shows an altar 丁, with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 dropping down.)

Mnemonic
 
A heap on the altar shows that something is in excess.

Radicals

人 personA standing person with spread legs.
余 remaining, excessA heap remained on the altar, and thus is in excess.




 Vocabulary

剩余价值 shèng yú jià zhí  surplus value
剩余价值 shèng yú jià zhí  
有余 yǒu yú  to have an abundance
有余 yǒu yú  
有余 yǒu yú  
余孽 yú niè  remaining evil element; surviving members (of evil former regime); dregs (of colonial administration)
余悸 yú jì  lingering fear
积恶余殃 jī è yú yāng  Accumulated evil will be repaid in suffering (idiom).
余烬 yú jìn  ember
余烬 yú jìn  

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