叙(xù)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad. 敘

variant of 叙

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Character information

Pinyin
xù
Meaning
variant of 叙
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
敘

Origin & structure

Where 叙 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰余又

In this compound, the meaning comes from 又 (again); 余 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

余yú又yòu

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 叙 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 叙

Common words using 叙 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xù叙shù述
HSK 7-9

to relate (a story or information)

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yǐ以xù叙

Israel-Syria

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dǎo倒xù叙

to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically f…

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āi埃xù叙

Egypt-Syria

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píng平pū铺zhí直xù叙

(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner; (mildly critical) to recoun…

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xù叙shì事

to narrate; to recount

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xù叙lì利yà亚

Syria

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xù叙yǒng永xiàn县

Xuyong, a county in Luzhou City 泸州市, Sichuan

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From 叙’s common words

述以倒埃平铺直事

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