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馀

Yú

Character Traditional 餘

What 馀 means

1. surname Yu

Other readings

馀 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yúvariant of {余|yú}, remainder

Words containing 馀

• 扶馀Fú yúvariant of 扶余 Korean: Buyeo (c. 200 BC-494 AD), ancient kingdom in northeast frontier…

Characters built on 余

These share the phonetic component 余 (yú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 除chúto get rid of; to remove; to exclude
• 途túway; route; road
• 叙xùto narrate; to chat
• 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
• 徐xúslowly; gently
• 荼túthistle; common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus); bitter (taste)
• 蜍chúBufo vulgaris; toad
• 狳yúused in 犰狳

Characters that look like 馀

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 铀yóuuranium (chemistry); Taiwan pr. yòu
• 铢zhūtwenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 铨quánto estimate; to select
• 铵ǎnammonium
• 饷xiǎngsoldier's pay
• 铱yīiridium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read Yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 于to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle
• 鱼fish; used in the names of various aquatic animals that are not fish (including abalone 鲍鱼
• 余(literary) I; me; variant of 余
• 愉pleased
• 娱to amuse
• 渔fisherman; to fish
• 愚to be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 舆(literary) chassis of a carriage…
• 逾to exceed; to go beyond; to transcend
• 渝(literary) (of faith, affection etc) to change; to waver (usu. in 不渝
• 予(archaic) I; me
• 瑜excellence; luster of gems