■ radical

yú

surplus

How it’s built

Pictograph of a small shelter. Based on the original meaning "residence", now written as 舍. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 余 as a component, most common first.

除chúto eliminate 途túway 茶chátea 徐xúslowly 舍shěhouse 叙xùto express 涂túto smear 斜xiéslanting 荼túa bitter vegetable 蜍chútoad (2)餘yúsurplus 敘xùto express

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