残

音読おんよみ: ザン

訓読くんよみ: のこ・のこ

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: がつへん(歹)

Meaning

Remain / Leave Behind / Cruel

Conjugation
Tap for 残る (to remain) Tap for 残す (to leave)
  • 残業ざんぎょう — overtime work
  • 残念ざんねん — regrettable
  • のこす — to leave behind
  • のこる — to remain
  • 無残むざん — brutal / cruel
  • 残酷ざんこく — cruel / merciless
  • 残虐ざんぎゃく — brutal / savage
  • 残高ざんだか — (account) balance
Compound - tap to expand
  • やり残のこす — to leave something unfinished
  • おものこす — to have lingering regrets
  • のこす — to leave food uneaten
  • 居残いのこる — to stay behind; remain after hours
  • のこす — to leave something uncollected
  • のこす — to leave something written
  • のこす — to leave something unsaid

The radical 歹 (death/decay) combined with 㔾 (cutting) suggests something left after removal or death — symbolically what remains. It can also imply emotional harshness or cruelty in words like 無残.

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