Chinese Character Wiki

叙

xù

express

Phonosemantic compound. 又 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Simplified form of 敘.

Components
又 meaning component

又  Meaning component

yòu

  

(hand), again

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

I

Evolution

叙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
叙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
叙 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
叙 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
叙 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

叙 (敘) 

xù

express, state, relate, narrate; to narrate; to chat

叙 (敘) 

Xù

abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xù​lì​yà]

叙 (敍) 

xù

variant of 敘|叙[xù]

Most common words with 叙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叙述

to recount

叙利亚

Syria

叙

to chat

叙旧

to reminisce

叙事

narrative

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

溆

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.5079% of movies

2556th most common character in movies

1607th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

敘

Unicode

U+53D9


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