残

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

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #931 U+6B8B

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

歹 (semantic, “death”) + 戋 (phonetic, jiān)

components: 歹戋

incomplete · Heisig RSH #1966

bones + float

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 戋

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 戋 (jiān) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
戋 sound component	jiān	small, narrow; tiny, little
线	xiàn	line, thread, wire; clue, trail
钱	qián	money, currency, coins
浅	qiǎn	shallow, superficial
栈	zhàn	warehouse; tavern, inn
践	jiàn	to trample, to tread on, to walk over
笺	jiān	note, memo, letter; stationery; comments
饯	jiàn	to send off; farewell dinner; preserves

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中国残联	Zhōng guó Cán lián	China Disabled Persons' Federation (abbr. for 中國殘疾人聯合會\|中国残疾人联合会[Zhong1 guo2 Can2 ji2 ren2 …
中国残疾人联合会	Zhōng guó Cán jí rén Lián hé huì	China Disabled Persons' Federation
自相残杀	zì xiāng cán shā	to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife
骨肉相残	gǔ ròu xiāng cán	close kindred slaughter one another (idiom); internecine strife
伤残人员	shāng cán rén yuán	the injured; wounded personnel
老残游记	Lǎo Cán Yóu jì	The Travels of Lao Tsan, novel by late Qing novelist Liu E 劉鶚\|刘鹗[Liu2 E4]
残民害物	cán mín hài wù	to harm people and damage property (idiom)
残生	cán shēng	remaining years of one's life
自残	zì cán	to mutilate oneself; self-harm
手残	shǒu cán	(coll.) klutz
长残	zhǎng cán	(slang) to grow up unattractive; to lose one's looks as one grows older
残奥会	Cán Ào huì	Paralympic Games
病残	bìng cán	sick or disabled; invalid; disability
残留物	cán liú wù	remnant; residue; material left over
残本	cán běn	extant fragment (of book)
残余物	cán yú wù	litter; trash
了此残生	liǎo cǐ cán shēng	to live out the rest of one's life
残次品	cán cì pǐn	defective goods
残年短景	cán nián duǎn jǐng	at the end of the year (idiom)
残月	cán yuè	waning moon