殘
cán HSK7

injure

残 (殘) cán
cruel adjective
cruel, oppressive, savage, or brutal

那个暴君生性贪婪且残，常常无故处罚身边的侍从。

nà​gè bào​jūn shēng​xìng tān​lán qiě cán, cháng​cháng wú​gù chǔ​fá shēn​biān de shì​cóng.

That tyrant was greedy and cruel by nature, often punishing his attendants for no reason.

remnant adjective
to remain, survive, or be left over; surplus

暴风雨过后，花园里到处是残花落叶，显得十分凄凉。

bào​fēng​yǔ guò​hòu, huā​yuán lǐ dào​chù shì cán huā luò​yè, xiǎn​de shí​fēn qī​liáng.

After the storm, the garden was strewn with withered petals and fallen leaves, looking very desolate.

incomplete expression
incomplete or physically disabled

这部古书已经残缺不全了。

zhè bù gǔ​shū yǐ​jīng cán quē bù​quán le.

This ancient book is already incomplete and damaged.

injure adjective
to destroy, spoil, ruin, or injure

深秋时节，无情的寒霜吹残了园子里娇嫩的百花。

shēn​qiū shí​jié, wú​qíng de hán shuāng chuī cán le yuán​zi lǐ jiāo​nen de bǎi​huā.

In late autumn, the pitiless frost withered the delicate flowers in the garden.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,150th most common 124.2 per million
Movie subtitles
1,186th most common 72.8 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.85 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
36.5 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
残
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+6B98

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)