餘

Alternative forms

 * In Japanese kyūjitai and Korean hanja, this character is written with the left component which is also the historical form found in the.
 * In traditional Chinese and Vietnamese Nôm, the left component is written instead.

Related characters

 * (Japanese shinjitai and simplified Chinese) - Note that and 餘 are unrelated in traditional Chinese
 * (Non-standard form in mainland China. Only used when it is desirable to distinguish 餘 from )

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * 1) to remain; to have left
 * 2) time after an event
 * 3) over; more than
 * 4) surplus; remainder; excess
 * 5) remaining; spare; surplus
 * 6)  salt
 * : Yu
 * 1) remaining; spare; surplus
 * 2)  salt
 * : Yu
 * 1)  salt
 * : Yu
 * 1)  salt
 * : Yu

Usage notes
In simplified Chinese, is a non-standard form of 餘 only used as a surname or when it is desirable to distinguish 餘 from. 馀 was formerly official in 简化字总表 (1964); this character was removed in 通用规范汉字表 (2013).

In traditional Chinese, the surnames and  are distinct, with the latter being much more common among the population.

Synonyms




Kanji

 * 1)  be left over
 * 1)  be left over

Usage notes
is the preferred form used in modern Japanese.