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剰 — Surplus

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary school#1448 most used
surplus, besides
On’yomiジョウ (jou)
Kun’yomiあまつさえ (amatsusae)
Kun’yomiあま (amari)
Kun’yomiあま (amaru)

Stroke order (11 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 剰

WordReadingMeaning
過剰かじょう
kajou
excess; surplus; superabundance
余剰よじょう
yojou
surplus; remainder; residue
剰余金じょうよきん
jouyokin
surplus; balance

Study notes

剰 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1448 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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