徐

徐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

On (Sino-Japanese)

Kun (native)

Other languages

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰彳余

徐々にじょじょにgradually, steadily, slowly, little by little
徐行じょこう車などがゆっくりと進むこと。（日本国道路交通法の定義）「車両等が直ちに停止することができるような速度で進行すること」ゆっくりと、おもむろに歩き、あるいは進むこと。going slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately), going at a reduced speed, slowing down, reducing speed
徐におもむろにsuddenly, abruptly, slowly, without haste
徐々じょじょslow, gradual, steady, calm
徐歩じょほwalking slowly
徐脈じょみゃくbradycardia, infrequent pulse
徐冷じょれいannealing, slow cooling
徐波睡眠じょはすいみんnon-REM sleep
徐行運転じょこううんてんdriving at reduced speed, running at reduced speed (e.g. train)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.