too much, myself, surplus, other
Came from Chinese. It usually shows up when the kanji is joined to another, forming a compound word.
It is Japanese. It usually shows up when the kanji stands alone or is followed by hiragana.
The order matters: it is what makes handwriting come out legible, and it is how dictionaries index the character.
Visual decomposition, for recognising and comparing — not always the character's origin.
Where it appears is highlighted — the translation doesn't always make that visible.
ラーメンのお腹の余裕残しておきたいの！
Raamen no onaka no yoyuu nokoshite okitai no!
We want to save room for the ramen too!
念のためよ。余震が来るかもしれないから。
Nen no tame yo. Yoshin ga kuru kamoshirenai kara.
Just as a precaution. You never know if an aftershock is coming.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Decomposition: KRADFILE · Both from Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data from 2026-10-22 · Strokes: KanjiVG, Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0