殘 (cán)
incomplete; disabled; cruel; remnant
How 殘 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 歹 — death/decay
- Traditional
- 殘
- Simplified
- 残
Components
- 歹 death/decay
- 戔 N/A
Common words using 殘
- 殘忍 cánrěn
- cruel; mean; merciless
- 殘酷 cánkù
- cruel; cruelty
- 兇殘 xiōngcán
- savage; cruel; fierce
- 凶殘 xiōngcán
- savage
- 摧殘 cuīcán
- to ravage; to ruin
- 殘卷 cánjuàn
- surviving section of a classic work; remaining chapters (while reading a book)
- 殘存 cáncún
- to survive; remnant
- 殘害 cánhài
- to injure; to devastate; to slaughter
- 殘局 cánjú
- endgame (in chess); desperate situation; aftermath (of a failure)
- 殘廢 cánfèi
- deformity; handicapped
- 殘暴 cánbào
- bloody and cruel; a brutal person; to massacre
- 殘殺 cánshā
- to massacre; to slaughter
殘 in a sentence
那部電影太殘忍了，我不敢看。
Nà bù diànyǐng tài cánrěn le, wǒ bù gǎn kàn.
“That movie was too cruel; I didn't dare to watch it.”
How common is 殘?
殘 is the 1,148th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 91.3% of all running text.
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