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残 means 'remain'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 320   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-8    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 21    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 111 words   Used in 177 words   Used in 44 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ザン
Kun
   のこる to remain behind   のこす to leave behind
Additional readings
On    サン
Kun    そこなう   のこり
Variants
殘  
Components
⿰  歹 death  㦮 three spears  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 残 is used 13 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 残 is used 172 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ザン : 111 words FIND ALL
ざ ん ね ん 3
deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment
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のこる : 60 words FIND ALL
の こ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
な ご り 3 な ご り 0
noun
1. remains; traces; vestiges; relics
2. (the sorrow of) parting
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An additional のこ.す less common words include 残 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 520 (originally: 493)  Joy o' Kanji : 493  Key to Kanji: 403 

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残
ザン   のこる to remain behind   のこす to leave behind   
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㦮
three spears
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戈
tasseled spear
三
サン   み    みっつ three   
歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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