余 Stroke Order — How to Write 余

Stroke Order

余 is written in 7 strokes, following the standard Chinese stroke order. Start from the radical 人, then complete the remaining strokes.

Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.

余 Radical and Character Components

Partial breakdown of 余:人

Radical: 人 + 5 more strokes

余 Pronunciation and Pinyin

Meanings of 余 in Chinese

yú余

In classical Chinese, it functions as a first-person pronoun, meaning 'I' or 'me'.

余欲往矣。

I wish to go.

Remaining, surplus, or extra; often refers to what is left over.

我们把今年的节余都捐给了慈善机构。

We donated all of this year's surplus to charity.

Remaining; surplus; more than (used after an integer or a round number like ten, hundred, thousand, indicating an approximate number beyond the integer).

这家餐厅已经经营了十余年。

This restaurant has been operating for more than ten years.

After; beyond; in addition to (used to denote time or activities outside of a main one).

工作之余，她喜欢画画放松自己。

In her spare time after work, she enjoys painting to relax.

A poetic or archaic term for the fourth month of the lunar calendar.

余月时节，绿意盎然，正是踏青好时光

During the Yu month, greenery abounds, making it a perfect time for an outdoor excursion.

Common Words and Phrases with 余

yú余bō波

The lingering effects or consequences of an event after it has concluded; repercussions; aftermath.

那场突如其来的暴雨虽然已经停止，但其造成的交通堵塞和停电的余波仍在持续。

Although the sudden heavy rain has stopped, its aftermath, including traffic jams and power outages, is still ongoing.

yú余cún存

remainder or balance, especially in an account

经过一番仔细核对，财务部门确认了账目上的余存

After careful verification, the finance department confirmed the surplus in the accounts.

yú余dǎng党

Remnants of a defeated faction or party; remaining confederates.

在首恶被捕后，这个诈骗集团的余党仍然在暗中活动，试图继续他们的非法勾当。

After the ringleader was arrested, the remaining members of this fraud syndicate were still operating in secret, trying to continue their illegal activities.

yú余dì地

Room for maneuver; leeway; margin for flexibility or change.

这个计划还有很大的改进余地。

This plan still has a lot of room for improvement.

yú余dú毒

Residual poison; lingering harmful effects or pernicious influence.

尽管那场经济危机已经过去，但其留下的余毒至今仍然在一些行业中显现，影响着复苏的步伐。

Although that economic crisis has passed, its lingering harmful effects are still evident in some industries, affecting the pace of recovery.

yú余é额

Balance, or the remaining amount of money or items.

这门课程的报名余额只剩下五个名额了

There are only five remaining slots for this course.

yú余fēng风

remaining style; lingering influence or custom

这座历史悠久的学府，其教学理念中仍带有几分百年前的余风

This historic educational institution still carries some vestiges of its century-old teaching philosophy.

yú余gē割

Cosecant (csc) is the reciprocal of the sine function. In a right-angled triangle, it's the ratio of the hypotenuse to the length of the side opposite the angle. In a unit circle, it's 1/y, where y is the y-coordinate of the point on the circle.