残

残 U+6B8B, 残 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B8B ← 殊 [U+6B8A] CJK Unified Ideographs 殌 → [U+6B8C]

See also: 殘 and 浅

Translingual

Traditional	殘
Shinjitai	残
Simplified	残

Alternative forms

Due to Han unification, both simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai forms are encoded under the same code point.

Glyph origin

Simplified from 殘 (戔 → 戋). Note that Japanese shinjitai uses different form of simplified phonetic: 㦮 (extra stroke above 戋).

Han character

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

1. to damage, to injure
2. to kill
3. to be left, to remain
4. severe, cruel
5. damaged, defective

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 残 – see 殘. (This character, 残, is the simplified form of 殘.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	残
Kyūjitai	殘

Kanji

残

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 殘)

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Readings

• Goon: ざん (zan)
• Kan’on: さん (san) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kun: のこる (nokoru), のこす (nokosu), そこなう (sokonau), ひどい (hidoi), むごい (mugoi)