Memory phrase for the character: 剰

剰

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Meaning

surplus, too much

Pronunciation

JŌ
amatsusae

Explanation

 Left: get on/ride 乗 (vehicle 車 with open doors: ...get on for a ride.), right: knife 刂

Mnemonic
 
"Get in" with your knife and cut off what is too much. (Or: Understand 乗 as "to use" & when you use a knife, you get a surplus.)

Radicals

刂 cutVariation of sword 刀




 Vocabulary

過剰 かじょう  excess, over-

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