賸

Information about character(s)

Radical: 貝
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 17
Variants: 剩

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shèng
Cantonese: sing6
JapaneseKun: MASU
JapaneseOn: YOU SHOU JOU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: leftovers, residue, remains

CE-Dict: have as remainder/trad. variant of 剩

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《貝部》賸物相增加也。从貝朕聲。一曰送也，副也。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集中】【貝字部】賸
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】𠀤以證切，音孕。【說文】物相增加也。一曰送也，副也。【註】徐曰：今俗謂物餘爲賸。古者一國嫁女，二國往媵之，媵之言送也，副貳也，義出於此。【玉篇】相贈也。以物加送也。　又【廣韻】實證切，音乗。長也。【類篇】益也，餘也。【唐書·杜甫傳】殘膏賸馥，沾丐後人多矣。【韻會】俗作剩，非是。