Chinese Character Wiki

敘

xù

express

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components
攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

余 sound component

余  Sound component

yú

  

I

Evolution

敘 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
敘 Regular script Modern

Regular 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]

Most common words with 敘
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)

漵

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-m-taʔ

zjoX

xù

order (v.)


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

11

Simplified

叙

Unicode

U+6558

Shuowen

“敍，次弟也。从攴，余聲。”


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