余 (jyu4 | yu2) : I, me (in classical Chinese); surname

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余

jyu4

yu2

[1] I, me (in classical Chinese)
[2] a Chinese family name
[3] simplified form of 餘

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

余

Don't confuse with:
佘

This word has been viewed 6439 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Apr 2013 17:23

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大余 daai6 jyu4 da4 yu2 = Dayu (place in Jiangxi)

扶余 fu4 jyu4 fu2 yu2 = Fuyu (city in Jilin)

余江 jyu4 gong1 yu2 jiang1 = Yujiang (place in Jiangxi)

余慶 jyu4 hing3 yu2 qing4 = Yuqing (place in Guizhou)

余杭 jyu4 hong4 yu2 hang2 = Yuhang (city in Zhejiang)

余姚 jyu4 jiu4 yu2 yao2 = Yuyao (city in Zhejiang)

新余 san1 jyu4 xin1 yu2 = Xinyu (city in Jiangxi)

余割 jyu4 got3 yu2 ge1 = [math] cosecant

余干 jyu4 gon1 yu2 gan1 = Yugan (place in Jiangxi)

余大豪 jyu4 daai6 hou4 yu2 da4 hao2 = Yu Da-Hao
See all 11 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 余
Unicode code for this character: U+4f59 (off-site link)

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