Question

余 あま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.り too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder 3 680 7 184 しょく・しょくへん 形声 Phonetic You hang an umbrella upside-down on a hook of the scales and fill it with little potatoes. No luck: it weights too much.

Accepted Answer

ヨ あまる 余り(あんまり): (1) remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant (2) not very (with negative sentence); not much (3) surplus; excess; fullness; too much (4) overjoyed; overwhelmed (5) more than; over余裕(よゆう): surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope余地(よち): place; room; margin; scope余暇(よか): leisure; leisure time; spare time余計(よけい): too much; unnecessary; extraneous; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity余る(あまる): to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many余程(よほど): (1) very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite (2) just about to余分(よぶん): extra; excess; surplus余所(よそ): (1) another place; somewhere else; strange parts (2) outside (one's family or group); those people (3) unrelated matter余興(よきょう): side show; entertainment 5 人: person小: little; small 食 9 餘 too much This is the kanji for 「あまり Amari」, which means too little in negative sentences and too much in the rest (always with a negative sense). I take the liberty of using the symbol ">" (more than, another meaning!!) as the umbrella component, and using two (#2) and little (#105) for the potato primitive. So, this kanji either means "two much" (more than 2) or "two little". (thanks, Virtua_leaf and Thunderball!).

Kanji	余
Onyomi	ヨ
Kunyomi	あま.る、あま.り、あま.す、あんま.り
Nanori	あまる
English	too much, myself, surplus, other, remainder
Examples	余り(あんまり): (1) remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant (2) not very (with negative sentence); not much (3) surplus; excess; fullness; too much (4) overjoyed; overwhelmed (5) more than; over 余裕(よゆう): surplus; composure; margin; room; time; allowance; flexibility; scope; rope 余地(よち): place; room; margin; scope 余暇(よか): leisure; leisure time; spare time 余計(よけい): too much; unnecessary; extraneous; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity 余る(あまる): to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many 余程(よほど): (1) very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite (2) just about to 余分(よぶん): extra; excess; surplus 余所(よそ): (1) another place; somewhere else; strange parts (2) outside (one's family or group); those people (3) unrelated matter 余興(よきょう): side show; entertainment
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	680
Components	人: person 小: little; small
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	食
Radical Number	184
Radical Strokes	9
Radical Reading	しょく・しょくへん
Traditional Form	餘
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	too much
Koohii Story 1	You hang an umbrella upside-down on a hook of the scales and fill it with little potatoes. No luck: it weights too much.
Koohii Story 2	This is the kanji for 「あまり Amari」, which means too little in negative sentences and too much in the rest (always with a negative sense). I take the liberty of using the symbol ">" (more than, another meaning!!) as the umbrella component, and using two (#2) and little (#105) for the potato primitive. So, this kanji either means "two much" (more than 2) or "two little". (thanks, Virtua_leaf and Thunderball!).

Excess Negative Surplus Margin Room Time Place Umbrella