遺

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:こす・のこる

画数かくすう: 15

部首ぶしゅ: しんにょう(辶)

Meaning

Leave Behind / Bequeath / Legacy

Conjugation
Tap for 遺す (leave behind) Tap for 遺る (remain)
  • 遺産いさん — inheritance / heritage
  • 遺書いしょ — written will / farewell note
  • 遺言ゆいごん — will / testament
  • 遺族いぞく — surviving family
  • 遺品いひん — belongings of the deceased
  • 遺跡いせき — historical ruins

遺 combines the movement radical with (precious), suggesting “something precious left as one moves on.” It often appears in legal or cultural vocabulary about legacy and remembrance.

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