徐

Translingual

Han character

徐 (radical 60 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人一木 (HOOMD), four-corner 2829₄)

1. slowly, quietly, calmly
2. composed, dignified
3. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 367, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10110
• Dae Jaweon: page 690, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 825, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5F90

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Cantonese

Hanzi

徐 (Yale cheui4)

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Japanese

Kanji

徐 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じょ (jo)
• Kun: おもむろ (omomuro)

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Korean

Hanja

徐
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 서 (revised: seo, McCune-Reischauer: sŏ, Yale: se)

• Name (hangeul): 천천히()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

徐 (pinyin xú (xu2), Wade-Giles hsü²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

徐 (từ, chờ, chừa, giờ, thờ, xờ)