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残
On'yomi
ザン・サン
ZAN / SAN
Kun'yomi
のこ.る・のこ.す・そこな.う・のこ.り
nokoru / nokosu / sokonau / nokori
remainder · leftover · balance
peaceful
Details
Strokes10
Frequency#380
Radical歹death(4)
Old Form殘
Stroke Order
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Strokes10
Component Breakdown
残=
歹戋
歹 + 戋
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of bone and phonetic. Bones remaining.
Symbolism
Regret, cruel, overtime. Represents remaining.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
残忍酷薄
ざんにんこくはく
cruel; heartless; brutal; cruel
残念無念
ざんねんむねん
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; deep regret
冷酷無残
れいこくむざん
cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cruel and heartless
残酷非道
ざんこくひどう
inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty; inhumanity
残念至極
ざんねんしごく
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; deep regret
Proverbs & Idioms
残り物には福がある
のこりものにはふくがある
There is fortune in leftovers
What remains can still be valuable
Poetry
和歌（百人一首） (Waka (Hyakunin Isshu))
ほととぎす 鳴きつる方を ながむれば ただありあけの 月ぞ残れる
Poem #81 from Hyakunin Isshu
後徳大寺左大臣Go-Tokudaiji no Sadaijin
12th century