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剰

剰 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「剩」の略体（「乘」→「乗」の類推）。形声。「刀」+音符「乘」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

surplus, besides

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジョウJHS
Kun (native)
  • あまつさえ
  • あま(り)
  • あま(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音sheng4
  • 한글ing
  • Hán-ViệtThặng
  • Hán-ViệtThừa

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
刀(かたな)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+5270

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰乗刂

Words using this kanji

  • 剰余金じょうよきん（会計）純資産のうち、資本金、資本準備金を控除した金額で、分配可能額算定の基礎となる。その他資本剰余金とその他利益剰余金の合計額である。surplus, balance
  • 剰費じょうひunnecessary expenses
  • 剰余じょうよ必要なものを除いた、余り。 割り算で、割切れないで残った数。surplus, balance, remainder, remainder
  • 剰えあまつさえそのうえ。そればかりか。おまけに。besides, moreover, in addition, to make matters worse
  • 剰銭じょうせん余剰金。remaining money, change
  • 剰余類じょうよるいcoset, residue class
  • 剰余価値じょうよかちsurplus value (in Marxian economics)
  • 剰余検査じょうよけんさmodulo N check, residue check
  • 剰余労働じょうよろうどうsurplus labor

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-9-2
Four Corner
2290.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2f9.1
Heisig
1710
Nelson
698