Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

叙: confer, relate

Also: narrate, describe

JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

又 carries the meaning · 余 gives the sound

9 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ジョjo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 叙勲じょくんconferring of decorations
  • 叙情じょじょうlyricism; description of one's feelings
  • 叙述じょじゅつdescription; account; delineation
  • 叙事詩じょじしepic (poem); epic poetry
  • 自叙伝じじょでんautobiography

Also read ついず, ついで, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Once more, with intent! This radical represents the tireless action of the right hand and the core concept of repetition.”
More in the 又 again story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
余

Also built on too much (余)

叙 takes the 余 family's reading, ジョ (jo).

又

Also built on again (又)

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Also read ジョ

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
叙 confer · 又
vs途 route · ⻌
叙 has 又 where 途 has ⻌.
In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 敍 · xù

Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 叙. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 敍.

Simplified
叙 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
敍 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin xù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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