It is cruel of him to say such things to her.
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残
Traditional: 殘
cán
HSK 3.0 · 7–9
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cán · caan4 (Jyutping)
- to destroy
- to spoil
- to ruin
- to injure
- cruel
- oppressive
- savage
- brutal
- incomplete
- disabled
- to remain
- to survive
- remnant
- surplus
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Character breakdown
残
- Meaning
- injure, spoil; oppress; broken
- Radical
- 歹
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- ⿰歹戋
- Cangjie
- MNIJ
- Four-corner
- 1325.0
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