The Chinese Radical: 余


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Meaning
remaining, excess    余

Explanation Under the roof, on the table, something is in excess.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 3
to get rid of, to remove, to exclude
chú
Left: hill , right: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus there in excess.)
(The mole control was almost successful:) A hill is in excess: let's get rid of it.
JLPT HSK 5
remaining, extra, surplus

Top: a heap , bottom: Variant of show (= This shows an altar , with a sacrifice and blood dropping down.)
A heap on the altar shows that something is in excess.
JLPT HSK 5
to narrate, to chat, relate to a story

Left: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.), right: hand
He needs an extra hand for narrating.
JLPT HSK 5
to apply (salve, paint), to smear, to daub, scribble

Left: water (here: liquid), right: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar (= to show), thus in excess.)
If liquid is in excess, we can apply it like a salve/ointment.
JLPT HSK 5
inclined, slanting, oblique, tilting
xié
Left: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.), right: measure of volume (1 Dou= 18 l), stylised ladle with sth. on it)
A 'too much' on the ladle makes it: inclined.
JLPT HSK 5
road, way, route

Left: movement , right: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar [= to show], thus in excess.)
(Too much traffic) Movement is in excess on the roads and ways.
JLPT no HSK
slowly, gently

Left: go right: excess/rest (A heap is still on the altar , thus in excess.), below: cross beams)
He goes excessively slow.
JLPT no HSK
thistle, common sowthistle, bitter (taste), cruel

Top: plant , bottom: excess, remain (A heap is still on the altar , thus in excess.)
(The cattle do not eat it:) The plant that remains is: the thistle.

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