懂中文 Dong Chinese

馀

yú

excess, remainder

Phonosemantic compound. 饣 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components
饣 meaning component

饣  Meaning component

shí

  

eat

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

I

Evolution

馀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
馀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
馀 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
馀 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

馀 (餘) 

yú

surplus, excess, remainder; variant of 餘|余[yú], remainder

馀 (餘) 

Yú

surname Yu

Most common words with 馀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

馀

surname Yu

扶馀

Fuyu county in Songyuan 松原, Jilin