残

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See also: 殘
残 U+6B8B, 残
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B8B
← 殊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 殌 →

Translingual

Traditional 殘
Shinjitai 残
Simplified 残

Alternative forms

Note that Japanese shinjitai uses 㦮 (extra line above 戋) while simplified Chinese uses 戋. Due to Han unification, both simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai forms are encoded under the same code point. Different forms can be observed when using the appropriate font.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 殘 (戔 → 㦮) for Japanese shinjitai and simplified from 殘 (戔 → 戋) for simplified Chinese.

Han character

残 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+5 in Chinese, 歹+6 in Japanese, 9 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 一弓戈十 (MNIJ), four-corner 13250, composition ⿰歹戋(G) or ⿰歹㦮(TJK))

Derived characters

  • 𣸶 (Based on China glyph form containing 戋)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 580, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16459
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1383, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+6B8B

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 残 – see 殘 (“to damage; to destroy; to kill; to injure; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 殘).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

残

Kyūjitai

殘

Kanji

残

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 殘)

Readings

Pronunciation

Noun

残(ざん) • (zan) 

  1. the remainder; leftover; residue

Affix

残(ざん) • (zan) 

  1. remain, remaining
    残(ざん)業(ぎょう)、残(ざん)金(きん)、残(ざん)飯(ぱん)、残(ざん)骸(がい)、残(ざん)念(ねん)
    zangyō, zankin, zanpan, zangai, zannen
    overtime work; remaining money; leftover food; wreckage; regret
  2. damage, damaged, defective
    残(ざん)欠(けつ)、残(ざん)品(ぴん)
    zanketsu, zanpin
    defect; damaged goods
  3. cruel
    残(ざん)酷(こく)、残(ざん)虐(ぎゃく)、残(ざん)忍(にん)
    zankoku, zangyaku, zannin
    cruel; savage; brutal

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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