Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
Variants:
too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
680 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 余 【ヨ】 other, another, remaining, leftover, over, more than, I, me
  • 余韻 【ヨイン】 reverberation, swelling (of a hymn), trailing note, lingering memory, aftertaste, suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
  • 残余 【ザンヨ】 remainder, the rest, residue
  • 窮余 【キュウヨ】 extremity, desperation

Kun reading compounds

  • 余る 【あまる】 to remain, to be left over, to be in excess, to be too many
  • 余り 【あまり】 remainder, remnant, rest, balance, surplus, remains (of a meal), leftovers, (not) very, (not) much, too much, excessively, overly, extreme, great, severe, tremendous, terrible, more than, over
  • 余りに 【あまりに】 too (much), overly, excessively
  • 余す 【あます】 to save, to leave over, to spare
  • 余すところなく 【あますところなく】 fully, thoroughly
  • 余り 【あまり】 remainder, remnant, rest, balance, surplus, remains (of a meal), leftovers, (not) very, (not) much, too much, excessively, overly, extreme, great, severe, tremendous, terrible, more than, over
  • 余りに 【あまりに】 too (much), overly, excessively

Readings

Japanese names:
あまる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2, tu2
Korean:
yeo

Spanish

  • remanente
  • exceso
  • resto
  • otro
  • distinto
  • uno mismo
  • quedar
  • sobrar
  • ser demasiado

Portuguese

  • demais
  • eu mesmo
  • excedente
  • outro
  • restante

French

  • trop
  • moi-même
  • surplus
  • autre
  • reste
728 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
820 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
800 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
735 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
408 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
483 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
313 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
448 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1063 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1109 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
959 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
50 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2535 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1289 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1757 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1673 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
515 Morohashi
2042 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
168 New Nelson (John Haig)
1657 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1786 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
468 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
675 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2841 2001 Kanji
2a5.24 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
8090.4 Four corner code
1-45-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f59 Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
Kun:
と.く
On:
セツゼイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
326 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 説 【セツ】 theory, doctrine, opinion, view, rumour, rumor, gossip, hearsay
  • 説明 【セツメイ】 explanation, exposition, description, account, caption, legend
  • 論説 【ロンセツ】 article, discourse, dissertation, (written) argument, commentary, editorial, leading article, leader
  • 定説 【テイセツ】 established theory, accepted opinion, accepted explanation
  • 遊説 【ユウゼイ】 election tour, election campaign, stumping
  • 全国遊説 【ゼンコクユウゼイ】 nationwide election campaign

Kun reading compounds

  • 説く 【とく】 to explain, to advocate, to preach, to persuade

Readings

Japanese names:
さとし、 とき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shuo1, shui4, yue4
Korean:
seol, se, yeol

Spanish

  • opinión
  • teoría
  • explicar
  • expresar

Portuguese

  • rumor
  • opinião
  • teoria

French

  • théorie
  • rumeur
  • opinion
  • thèse
654 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
553 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
524 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
307 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4373 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
216 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
251 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2143 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.9 Japanese for Busy People
400 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
404 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
292 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1688 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1949 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1042 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1405 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
511 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35556P Morohashi
1547 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5627 New Nelson (John Haig)
499 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
538 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
240 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
620 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3057 2001 Kanji
7a7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-7 SKIP code
0861.6 Four corner code
1-32-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8aac Unicode hex code