敍

Information about character(s)

Radical: 攴
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11
Variants: 叙敘

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xù
Cantonese: zeoi6
JapaneseKun: TSUIDERU TSUIDE
JapaneseOn: JO
Korean: SE

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: express, state, relate, narrate

康熙字典文字版 【卯集下】【攴字部】敍
【唐韻】徐呂切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】象呂切，𠀤音序。【說文】次第也。【爾雅·釋詁】敍，緒也。【疏】敍，謂次敍。【書·舜典】百揆時敍。【疏】皆得次序。　又【周禮·天官·小宰】以官府之六敍正羣吏。【註】敍，秩次也。　又【周禮·天官·宮伯】行其秩敍。【註】敍，才等也。又【正字通】凡書策，舉其綱要，列卷首爲敍。或作序。　又【釋名】敍，抒也，抒洩其實，宣見之也。○按《說文》敍，从攴从余。《五經文字》作敘，入又部，非。《正字通》因周伯琦說，从攵从余。今遵《說文》改正。

Buddhism words and phrases converse, speak, to say