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What is the Kanji for "Surplus"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Surplus", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Surplus" is "剰".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi readings are "Ama" and "Amatsusae".

Its onyomi reading is "Jou".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "乗" means "Ride" and can be read as "Jou" and "No". And The radical "刂" means "Sword" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "剰" mean in japanese?

"剰" means "Surplus" .

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Senior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N1 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

過剰: "Excess". The Japanese noun '過剰 (かじょう)' means 'excess'. It refers to an amount or degree that is more than necessary or appropriate. This word can be used to describe situations where something is present in a higher quantity than required, such as excessive consumption, excessive spending, or an excessive amount of something. For example: Excessive spending on luxury items - (過剰な贅沢な品物への支出). The company produced an excess of goods that could not be sold - (その会社は売れ残る以上の商品を生産した).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "じ" is read as "ji". The hiragana "う" is read as "u". The hiragana "あ" is read as "a". The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma". The hiragana "つ" is read as "tsu". The hiragana "さ" is read as "sa". And The hiragana "え" is read as "e".