余

余 — too much, myself, surplus

JLPT: JLPT N3
Strokes: 7
Taught in: School year 5
Frequency: #680 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: よ yo
Kun'yomi: あま.る ama.ru

あま.り ama.ri

あま.す ama.su

あんま.り anma.ri

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 余

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