剰 – surplus, besides

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1448 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 剰 means surplus, besides. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョウ (jou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あまつさえ、あま.り、あま.る (amatsusae, amari, amaru). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョウ	jou
Kun’yomi	あまつさえ	amatsusae
Kun’yomi	あま.り	amari
Kun’yomi	あま.る	amaru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: ｜・ノ・一・刈.

Words using 剰

過剰かじょうexcess

Example sentences

安い輸入品で市場が供給過剰になるだろう。

Cheap imports will glut the market.

Tatoeba #191337

Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刊

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