express

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
又 meaning component

  Meaning component

yòu

  

(hand), again

余 sound component

  Sound component

  

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

() 

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

() 

abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xù​lì​yà]

() 

variant of |[xù]

Most common words with 叙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

叙述

to recount

叙利亚

Syria

to chat

叙旧

to reminisce

叙事

narrative

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

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

Unicode

U+53D9


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