遺

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ:こす・のこる

画数かくすう: 15 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 辶(しんにょう)

Meaning

Leave Behind / Bequeath / Legacy

  • 遺産いさん — inheritance / heritage
  • 遺書いしょ — written will / farewell note
  • 遺言ゆいごん — will / testament
  • 遺族いぞく — surviving family
  • 遺品いひん — belongings of the deceased
  • 遺跡いせき — historical ruins

遺 combines the movement radical with (precious), suggesting “something precious left as one moves on.” It often appears in legal or cultural vocabulary about legacy and remembrance.

ちち遺言ゆいごんまもって きていきます。
I will live by my father's will.

その遺産いさん世界せかい文化ぶんか 遺産いさん登録とうろくされた。
That heritage was registered as a World Cultural Heritage.

産
Creates
遺産いさん — inheritance / heritage
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