Radical 阝

9 strokes

mound 阝 (96a) + surplus 余 (738a) = remove 除

除了 (66) chúle except, besides

The mound of surplus office equipment has grown so big that the council has told them to remove it. / The fairy wants to choose some things for herself first.

餘

tent 人 (19b) + work 工 (147) + small 小 (50) = surplus 余

We have cheated a bit here by breaking the lower part of this character into “work” and “small”.

The tent they are working in is very small, so you can tell which one it is by the pile of surplus equipment outside. / [No pronunciation needed]