除 Exclude

Radical Combination

• 阝

  Building
• 余

  Surplus

Meaning

Primary

Exclude

Alternative

Remove

Mnemonic

The buildings are at a surplus. Because of that, we will need to exclude some of them from our future plans. Also, we'll need to remove some buildings too.

Hints

Say you're looking at a map of the city, with all the buildings laid out on it. There are too many, so you start marking which ones to exclude from the building plans. You also remove some buildings from the map all together.

Readings

On’yomi

じょ, じ

Kun’yomi

のぞ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Working with you on this project to exclude buildings from the plan, as well as remove buildings that already exist is little Jo-Anne (じょ).

Hints

She's pointing out buildings to exclude / remove with great ferocity. "Remove this one. Exclude this one. Oh, and remove this one too."