余
(literary) I; me; variant of 餘|余[yu2]
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #615 U+4F59
How 余 is formed
How to remember it
excess · Heisig RSH #1283
umbrella + clothing conveyor + 小 small — as a component also called: scale
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 余 as their sound component
These characters all use 余 (yú) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余 sound component | yú | surplus, remainder; surname |
| 途 | tú | way, road, path, journey, course |
| 斜 | xié | slanting, sloping, inclined |
| 涂 | tú | to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname |
| 徐 | xú | slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed |
| 叙 | xù | to express, to state; to relate, to narrate |
| 荼 | tú | a bitter vegetable |
| 嵞 | tú | a mountain in Zhejiang |
| 狳 | yú | armadillo |
| 蜍 | chú | toad (2) |
| 酴 | tú | yeast; wine; to leaven, to ferment |
Words containing 余
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心有余，力不足 | xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú | The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects).; I really want t… |
| 比上不足，比下有余 | bǐ shàng bù zú , bǐ xià yǒu yú | neither the best nor the worst; not too bad; better than some |
| 心有余而力不足 | xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú | the will is there, but not the strength (idiom); the spirit is willing but the flesh is we… |
| 行有余力 | xíng yǒu yú lì | after that, any remaining energy (idiom from Analects); time for extracurricular activitie… |
| 业余大学 | yè yú dà xué | college for people who attend after work |
| 大余县 | Dà yú Xiàn | Dayu, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 余数定理 | yú shù dìng lǐ | the Remainder Theorem |
| 年年有余 | nián nián yǒu yú | lit. (may you) have abundance year after year; (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Yea… |
| 新余市 | Xīn yú Shì | Xinyu, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 成事不足，败事有余 | chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú | unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom); unable to do anythin… |
| 余江区 | Yú jiāng Qū | Yujiang, a district of Yingtan City 鷹潭市|鹰潭市[Ying1 tan2 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 余干县 | Yú gān Xiàn | Yugan, a county in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 业余爱好者 | yè yú ài hào zhě | hobbyist; amateur |
| 虎口余生 | hǔ kǒu yú shēng | lit. to escape from the tiger's mouth (idiom); fig. to narrowly escape death |
| 业余者 | yè yú zhě | amateur |
| 留有余地 | liú yǒu yú dì | to leave some leeway; to allow for the unpredictable |
| 大余 | Dà yú | see 大餘縣|大余县[Da4 yu2 Xian4] |
| 余生 | yú shēng | the remaining years of one's life; survival (after a disaster) |
| 余地 | yú dì | margin; leeway |
| 同余式 | tóng yú shì | congruence (math.); equation for residue modulo some number |