残 (cán) — Chinese Character

残

cán

to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus

Radical: 歹 HSK 7 a, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

残 decomposes into the following components:

歹戋

Semantic component: 歹; phonetic component: 戋.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 残.

伤残

shāng cán

凶残

xiōng cán

助残

zhù cán

手残

shǒu cán

摧残

cuī cán

残余

cán yú

残值

cán zhí

残卷

cán juàn

残品

cán pǐn

残喘

cán chuǎn

残垣

cán yuán

残奥

cán ào

Characters that share the radical 歹.

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