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余

Traditional: 餘

yú

HSK 3.0 · 7–9

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yú · jyu4 (Jyutping)

  1. (literary) I; me
  2. variant of 餘|余[yu2]
  3. extra
  4. surplus
  5. remaining
  6. remainder after division
  7. (following numerical value) or more
  8. in excess of (some number)
  9. residue (math.)
  10. after
  11. I
  12. me
  13. surname Yu

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

余

Meaning
I, my, me; surname; surplus
Radical
人
Strokes
7
Components
⿱人？
Cangjie
OMD
Four-corner
8090.4

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