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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

380 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: remainder, leftover, balance

Kunyomi: のこ.る, のこ.す, そこな.う, のこ.り

Onyomi: ザン, サン

Composition: 歹 戋

残

Radical

Radical: 歹

Reading: がつへん

Meaning: death, decay

Strokes: 4

Reading: がつへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

残念な(ざんねんな)   unfortunate, disappointing

残酷な(ざんこくな)   cruel

残業(ざんぎょう)   overtime (work)

残高(ざんだか)   (bank) balance

残雪(ざんせつ)   lingering snow

残る(のこる)   remain, be left [v.i.]

残す(のこす)   leave (behind), reserve [v.t.]

*名残(なごり)   remains, traces

Onyomi Examples

残 (ザン) remainder, the rest, what is left

残虐 (ザンギャク) cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous

敗残 (ハイザン) survival after defeat, decline (of a person, business, etc.), ruin

遺残 (イザン) persistence, vestigial remnant

Kunyomi Examples

残る (のこる) to remain, to be left

残す (のこす) to leave (behind), to leave (undone), to not finish, to save, to set aside, to reserve, to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death), to bequeath, to stay (in the ring), to hold on

残り (のこり) remainder, remnant, the rest, what is left, balance, leftovers

残り惜しい (のこりおしい) regrettable, reluctant

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