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Etymology
Pictograph of a small shelter. Based on the original meaning "residence", now written as 舍. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
About
The character 余 (yú) historically functioned both as a first-person pronoun in classical Chinese and as the simplified form of 餘, meaning surplus or remainder. 餘 is a phono-semantic compound: the 食 (shí) radical on the left relates to food, while the right side 余 (yú) provides the sound. Its original sense specifically referred to excess food after basic needs were met. This concept later expanded to represent any surplus or remainder, such as extra time or money, and the distinct forms eventually merged into the single simplified character 余.
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我有多余的时间。
业余爱好让我快乐。
剩余的食物放在冰箱里。
他业余时间学习英语。
这本书多余的部分可以删掉。
余额不足，请充值。
除了工作，余下的时间我都用来休息。
在余下的旅程中，我们需要小心。