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余 means 'surplus' or 'left over' or 'extra'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 658   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-16    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 29    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 133 words   Used in 181 words   Used in 355 names   Component in 26 kanji (6 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ヨ
Kun
   あます to leave over   あまる to be left over
Additional readings
Kun    あまり   あんまり
Name    あまる
Variants
餘  
Components
⿱  𠆢 (人) man  ⿻  于 from  ハ (八) katakana 'ha'; eight  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 余 is used 8 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 余 is used 163 times, read 2 ways.
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よ ゆ う 0
noun
1. surplus; margin; leeway; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope
2. composure; placidity; complacency; calm
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あます : 28 words FIND ALL
あ ま る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many  (see also: 余り)
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An additional あま.る less common words include 余 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 820 (originally: 800)  Joy o' Kanji : 800  Key to Kanji: 1032 

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余
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あます to leave over   あまる to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
于
ウ    from   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
亅
hook
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
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