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Kanji Detail for 序 - "order, preface, beginning"
序
- Meaning
序 means "order, preface, beginning."
Order - A sequence; an arrangement.
Preface - An introduction; a foreword.
Beginning - The start; the opening.
Opportunity - A convenient occasion.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
preface; beginning; order; precedence; occasion; chance; incidentally
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
series, serial order, sequence
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
order, sequence, series; preface
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The east and west walls are called 序. The two corridors are also called 兩序. | A name for village schools. (Mencius) "Xia called it 校; Yin called it 序; Zhou called it 庠." | Order. (Mencius) "There is order between old and young." Also 序班, 序齒, meaning arranging by order. | Interchangeable with 敘. A literary form. Such as book prefaces, poetry prefaces.
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Sentences including 序
The police keep order.
It's difficult to keep order in this town.
How does the preface run?
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
異性と抱き合う順序として、まず同性の私の所へ動いて来たのです」「私には二つのものが全く性質を異にしているように思われます」「いや同じです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
軍人の妻君だからああなのだろう、その妻君の娘だからこうだろうといった順序で、私の推測は段々延びて行きました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
親類はとにかく、当人にはあらかじめ話して承諾を得るのが順序らしいと私が注意した時、奥さんは「大丈夫です。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
軍人の妻君だからああなのだろう、その妻君の娘だからこうだろうといった順序で、私の推測は段々延びて行きました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
親類はとにかく、当人にはあらかじめ話して承諾を得るのが順序らしいと私が注意した時、奥さんは「大丈夫です。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha