残cán
to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete. 9 strokes, radical 歹, first met in HSK 6.
How to write 残
Strokes 1–4 write 歹, then strokes 5–9 write 戋.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 残 · the stroke-order rules
What 残 is made of
歹 (dǎi, corpse) and 戋 (jiān, small).
歹 carries the meaning — death — and 戋 carries the sound.
Words that use 残
| 残疾 | disability 指身体某部分功能丧失或不健全 残奥健儿顽强克服严重肢体残疾。The Paralympian overcame a severe physical disability. Lesson 549, 携手助残 · 笃学求进与兼爱济民 · Educational Resilience & Civic Compassion |
| 残酷 | cruel, brutal 指冷酷无情，令人痛苦 残疾人经受残酷磨砺。People with disabilities endured cruel trials. Lesson 549, 携手助残 · 笃学求进与兼爱济民 · Educational Resilience & Civic Compassion |
| 残疾人 | person with a disability 指身体存在残疾的人 残疾人经受残酷磨砺。people with disabilities endured cruel hardship and rose against the wind. Lesson 549, 携手助残 · 笃学求进与兼爱济民 · Educational Resilience & Civic Compassion |
Characters that share the sound part 戋
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.