Memory phrase for the Kanji: 余


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Meaning

in excess, ample, rest, remain

Pronunciation

YO
amari/ru/su

Explanation

Top: roof, below: variation of to show (a table/altar on which something is in excess.)

Mnemonic

What is remaining (= ) on the altar is in excess.

Radicals

in excessA heap is still (on a variant) of altar [= to show], thus there in excess.
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Vocabulary

 余る  あまる  to remain, to be left over, to be in excess
 余り  あまり  not very, not much, remainder, rest
 余震  よしん  aftershock
 余分  よぶん  extra, excess, surplus
 余計  よけい  too much, abundance, surplus, superfluity
 余地  よち  place, room, margin, scope
 余所  よそ  another place, somewhere else, strange parts
 余所見  よそみ  looking away, looking aside
 余暇  よか  leisure time, leisure, spare time

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