除

to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including

surname Yu

(archaic) I / me / variant of 餘|余[yu2], surplus

extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me

Character component without intrinsic meaning

to excise / to cut out (a tumor)

to delete / to cancel

to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit

to reject / to discard / to get rid of

to eradicate / to exterminate

to multiply and divide

to promote what is useful and get rid of what is harmful (idiom)

to remove / to eliminate / to delete

three, set five remove two (abacus rule) / efficiently / quickly and easily

lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate

to reduce / to lessen (pain etc) / to deduct (from taxes)