残 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「歹」
- On
- ザンざん · zan
- Kun
- のこ(る)・のこ(す)noko(ru) · noko(su)
- Meaning
- remain, leave over, cruel
Stroke order
Origin
A phono-semantic character with 歹 (bone, death) and 戔 as the sound. It first meant to injure, and later shifted to remain or leave over.
Readings and examples
| Onザンざんzan | 残留ざんりゅう残念ざんねん敗残はいざん |
|---|---|
| Kunのこるnokoru | 残るのこる残りのこり |
| Kunのこすnokosu | 残すのこす食べ残したべのこし |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 残念ざんねん
regret, a pity
- 食べ残したべのこし
leftovers
- 残暑ざんしょ
- 残虐ざんぎゃく
- 残酷ざんこく
- 残渣ざんさ
- 癈残はいざん
Example
負けてしまって残念だ。
It's a pity that we lost.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)