余 means “surplus, leftover”

あまる · amaru

Also: too much, myself, other

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あまる, あまり, あます, あんまり

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ヨ

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 5 · 7 strokes

The story

Picture a roof shaped like 人 over a little house with a spare room nobody uses: 余 is what is left over. 余る is to remain, 余裕 is time or room to spare, and あまり, "not very", is 余り written in kana.

Used in 余る (amaru, to be left over), 余分 (yobun, extra), and 余裕 (yoyuu, room to spare)

More from How Much, How Many

• 等 equal
• 列 row
• 幾 how many
• 全 all
• 最 most
• 加 add
• 増 increase
• 両 both
• 割 split
• 種 seed
• 程 extent
• 積 pile up

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.