あまる
ヨ, あま.る, あま.り, あま.す
too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder

This kanji has 7 strokes: 2 in the "person" radical (ひと) and 5 other strokes.

Sample compounds (41) :


  1. (suf) over, more than

  2. あます
    to save, to leave over, to spare

  3. あまり
    not very, not much, remainder, rest, remnant, surplus, balance, excess, remains, scraps, residue, fullness, other, too much

  4. あまる
    to remain, to be left over, to be in excess, to be too many
  5. りに
    あまりに
    too much, excessively, too

  6. よせい
    one's remaining years

  7. よじ
    other things, the rest, leisure tasks

  8. よにん
    others, other people

  9. よねん
    another idea

  10. よめい
    remainder of one's life, one's remaining years

  11. よきょう
    side show, entertainment

  12. けいよ
    previous conviction

  13. じょうよ
    surplus, balance

  14. よぜん
    lingering life, feeble existence, brink of ruin

  15. よかん
    lingering winter

  16. よこう
    afterglow, lingering light

  17. よけい
    fortunate heredity, blessings, the rewards of virtue, something bequeathed to posterity

  18. よへい
    resulting evil, holdover

  19. よとく
    emoluments, additional profits

  20. よじょう
    suggestiveness (of a poem), lingering charm, lasting impression

  21. よふん
    pent-up anger, rage

  22. よじつ
    remaining time, days left

  23. よか
    leisure, leisure time, spare time

  24. よは
    after-effect, secondary effect, sequel, consequence, aftermath, trail (of a storm)

  25. よてき
    drippings

  26. よれき
    lingering raindrops, remaining portion of a drink, favors

  27. よえん
    burning embers

  28. よれつ
    ancestor's meritorious deeds, the evil effects of the lives of our predecessors

  29. よせい
    one's remaining years

  30. よっぽど
    very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite

  31. よっぽど
    very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite

  32. よざい
    other crimes, further offenses

  33. よしゅう
    lingering odor

  34. ようん
    inexhaustible supply

  35. よゆう
    surplus, composure, margin, room, time, allowance, scope, rope

  36. よだん
    digression, sequel (of a story)

  37. よぞく
    the remaining bandits

  38. よしん
    aftershock

  39. よいん
    reverberation, swelling (of a hymn), trailing note, lingering memory

  40. よるい
    remnants of a party or a gang

  41. よふう
    surviving custom, holdover influence
Kanji Character : 余
Kuten Encoding : 4530
SJIS Encoding : 4d3e
Unicode Encoding : 4f59
Old Nelson Index : 408
Radical Number : 9
Frequency Ranking : 708
Gakken Index : 735
Grade Level : 5
Halpern Index : 2042
Heisig Index : 1657
Henshall Index : 800
New Nelson Index : 168
O'Neil Index : 448
Stroke Count : 7
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 2a5.24
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 2
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 5
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : a
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 24
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 1063
SKIP Code : 2-2-5
De Roo Code : 2841
Four Corner Code : 8090.4
Korean reading : yeo
Pinyin reading : tu2
Morohashi Index String : 515
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 1.0706
Morohashi Index Number : 515
Morohashi Page : 706
Morohashi Volume : 1
Cross Index Codes
  1. J07131
Dictionary Codes
  1. R2841
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