Meaning & readings
remainder, leftover, balance
Origin
The character 残 combines two parts to show leftover or remainder. The left component 歹 is a classifier that relates to bones or things that are broken or incomplete, suggesting something partial or damaged. The right component 戋 serves as a sound hint for pronunciation rather than adding to the meaning. Together, the visual idea of something broken or incomplete paired with the sound element creates a character that expresses what's left behind or what remains.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Components
- 歹
- 戋
A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 10
- Kangxi radical
- 78
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #380 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+06B8B