Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: がつへん

Meaning: death, decay

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

念な(ざんねんな)   unfortunate, disappointing

酷な(ざんこくな)   cruel

業(ざんぎょう)   overtime (work)

高(ざんだか)   (bank) balance

雪(ざんせつ)   lingering snow

る(のこる)   remain, be left [v.i.]

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

*名(なごり)   remains, traces

Onyomi Examples

ザン remaining, left-over, excess

ザンギャク cruel, brutal, savage, barbarous

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

イザン persistence, vestigial remnant

Kunyomi Examples

のこる to remain, to be left

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

のこり remnant, residue, remaining, left-over

り惜しい のこりおしい regrettable, reluctant