Memory phrase for the character: 余

余

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Meaning

in excess, ample, rest, remain

Pronunciation

YO
amari/ru/su

Explanation

 Top: roof, below: variation of to show 示 (a table/altar 丁 on which something is in excess.)

Mnemonic
 
What is remaining (= ) on the altar is in excess.

Radicals

余 in excessA heap is still (on a variant) of altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.
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 Vocabulary

余る あまる  to remain, to be left over, to be in excess
余り あまり  not very, not much, remainder, rest
余震 よしん  aftershock
余分 よぶん  extra, excess, surplus
余計 よけい  too much, abundance, surplus, superfluity
余地 よち  place, room, margin, scope
余所 よそ  another place, somewhere else, strange parts
余暇 よか  leisure time, leisure, spare time
余程 よほど  very, greatly, to a large extent, quite

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