殘

See also 残

Translingual

shinjitai	残
simplified	残
traditional	殘

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 歹 (“vicious, bones”) + phonetic 戔 – to viciously harm, injure.

Semantic was originally 歺, but was simplified to 歹.

Han character

殘 (radical 78 歹+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一弓戈戈 (MNII), four-corner 1325₃)

1. injure, spoil
2. oppress
3. broken

Descendants

• 残

References

• KangXi: page 581, character 37
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16506
• Dae Jaweon: page 974, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1389, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6B98

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Cantonese

Hanzi

殘 (simplified 残, Yale chaan4, chaan1)

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Japanese

Kanji

殘

Readings

• On: ざん (zan), さん (san)
• Kun: のこる (nokoru)

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Korean

Hanja

殘 (hangeul 잔, revised jan, McCune-Reischauer chan, Yale can)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

殘 (simplified 残, pinyin cán (can2), Wade-Giles ts'an²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殘 (tàn)

• 殘疾 tàn tật
• 殘杯 tàn bôi

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999