叙

See also: 敘 and 敍

Translingual

Japanese	叙
Simplified	叙
Traditional	敘

Han character

叙 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人木水 (ODE), four-corner 8794₀, composition ⿰余又)

Derived characters

• 溆, 𪣸, 𮏽, 𪣶, 𧾠

Related characters

• 敘 (Traditional form of 叙 used in modern Taiwan and Hong Kong)
• 敍 (Kyūjitai form of 叙, orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12179
• Dae Jaweon: page 378, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 397, character 15
• Unihan data for U+53D9

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 敘 (攴 → 又) found in the Tang dynasty orthographic dictionary Ganlu Zishu ((deprecated template usage) 干祿字書) and eventually adopted as an official form by the People's Republic of China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叙 – see 敘 (“to talk; to chat; to narrate; to recount; to relate; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 敘).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01730-001#18

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Japanese

Shinjitai	叙
Kyūjitai	敍

Kanji

叙

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 敍)

1. to confer; to narrate; to describe

Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 叙べる); ついでる (tsuideru); ついで (tsuide)

Compounds

• 叙事詩(じょじし) (jojishi): epic poetry
• 叙(じょ)述(じゅつ) (jojutsu): narration
• 叙(じょ)情(じょう) (jojō): lyricism

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Vietnamese

Han character

叙: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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References

• Nom Foundation