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Kanji Detail for 徐 - "slow, gentle"

徐

  • Meaning

    徐 means "slow, gentle." Also associated with xuzhou.

    1. Slow - Gradual; leisurely; calm.

    2. Xuzhou - One of the nine provinces in ancient China.

  • Words using 徐

    • 徐行 じょこう Listen going slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately); going at a reduced speed; slowing down

  • Tattoo check: 徐

    • Verified meaning: slow, gentle
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read し, しずか, じゅ, しゅう)
    • Also carries these associations: xuzhou

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 徐

    Given names 徐(しずか)Listen

    Surnames 徐(し)Listen 徐(じゅ)Listen 徐(しゅう)Listen 徐(しゆら)Listen 徐(しよ)Listen 徐(じょ)Listen 徐(じょう)Listen 徐(そ)Listen 徐(そう)Listen 徐(そお)Listen 徐(つい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gradually; slowly; deliberately; gently

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To walk calmly. | Slow. Such as 清風徐來. | One of the ancient nine provinces. Now, southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu and Anhui are all its territory. | Now a city name.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jo(ジョ) ジョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    omomu.roni(おもむ-ろに) おもむ-ろに

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    彳 (gyonimben)

  • Related Keywords

    slow gentle xuzhou calm gradual composed deliberate leisurely measured moderate patient steady unhurried easy soft progressive

Sentences including 徐

  • The ship gradually came in sight.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

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