叙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「敘」の異体字。「敘」については敘#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

confer, relate, narrate, describe

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジョJHS
Kun (native)
  • つい(ず)
  • ついで
Other languages
  • 拼音xu4
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtTự

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
又(また)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+53D9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰余又

Words using this kanji

  • 叙勲じょくん勲章を与えること。conferring of decorations
  • 叙情じょじょう感情を述べ表すこと。lyricism, description of one's feelings
  • 叙事詩じょじし民族の歴史的事件や、英雄の事跡を叙事的に物語った韻文。epic (poem), epic poetry
  • 叙述じょじゅつ順を追って述べること。description, account, delineation, narration
  • 叙利亜シリアSyria
  • 叙位じょい位階に叙すること。また、叙せられること。investiture
  • 叙景じょけいscenery, description
  • 叙賜じょし勲章などを与えること。distributing ranks, rewards and pensions
  • 叙事じょじ事実などをありのまま述べること。narration, description of things and facts
  • 叙爵じょしゃくconferring a peerage
  • 叙説じょせつ順序立て言葉で説明すること。explanation, interpretation
  • 叙任じょにん位に叙し、官職に任ずること。investiture
  • 叙法じょほう叙述(表現)の仕方。 叙位の方法。way of describing, mood
  • 叙すじょすto relate, to narrate, to describe, to confer (a rank)
  • 叙階じょかいカトリック教会で司教、司祭、助祭など聖職者の位を授けること。また、その儀式。ordination (esp. Catholic)
  • 叙品じょひんordination (esp. Catholic)
  • 叙するじょする言葉で書き表す。 (「~~を〔勲章や栄典など〕に叙する」の形で)~~に勲章や栄典などを授ける。to relate, to narrate, to describe, to confer (a rank)
  • 叙事文じょじぶんnarration, description
  • 叙情詩じょじょうし作者の感情や情緒を主観的に表した詩。lyric (poem), lyric poetry
  • 叙法性じょほうせいmodality

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(44 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-2
Four Corner
8794.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2h7.1
Heisig
1789
Nelson
862