余
yúYú HSK4

I

余 (餘) yú frequency
after directional
the time or space remaining after a specific event or period

他在忙碌的工作之余，总是坚持练习书法。

tā zài máng​lù de gōng​zuò zhī yú, zǒng​shì jiān​chí liàn​xí shū​fǎ.

In his spare time from his busy work, he always insists on practicing calligraphy.

more than numeral
placed after a numerical value to indicate an amount in excess of that number

他在海外生活了二十余年。

tā zài hǎi​wài shēng​huó le èr​shí yú nián.

He has lived overseas for over twenty years.

surplus noun
extra, remaining, or the residue/remainder after division

十五除以四，商数是三，余数也是三。

shí​wǔ chú​yǐ sì, shāng​shù shì sān, yú shù yě shì sān.

Fifteen divided by four gives a quotient of three and a remainder of three.

I pronoun
first-person pronoun meaning I or me

余生于江南，对那里的山水有着深厚的感情。

yú shēng yú Jiāng​nán, duì nà​li de shān​shuǐ yǒu zhe shēn​hòu de gǎn​qíng.

I was born in Jiangnan and have a deep affection for the landscape there.

余 yú
I, me pronoun
(literary) I; me

余以为此计甚妙。

yú yǐ​wéi cǐ jì shèn miào.

I think this plan is excellent.

余 Yú
Yu proper name
surname Yu

余先生是一位著名的作家。

Yú xiān​sheng shì yī wèi zhù​míng de zuò​jiā.

Mr. Yu is a famous writer.

Frequency
Character
Written text
729th most common 261.5 per million
Movie subtitles
1,296th most common 60.2 per million appears in 32% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5.07 per million appears in 2% of films

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
餘
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+4F59

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH