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Kanji Detail for 序 - "order, preface, beginning"

序

  • Meaning

    序 means "order, preface, beginning."

    1. Order - A sequence; an arrangement.

    2. Preface - An introduction; a foreword.

    3. Beginning - The start; the opening.

    4. Opportunity - A convenient occasion.

  • Words using 序

    • 秩序 ちつじょ Listen order; discipline; regularity
    • 序盤 じょばん Listen opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase
    • 序列 じょれつ Listen rank; ranking order; hierarchy
    • 序で ついで Listen opportunity; occasion; chance
    • 順序 じゅんじょ Listen order; sequence; procedure
    • 年功序列 ねんこうじょれつ Listen seniority by length of service
    • 無秩序 むちつじょ Listen disorder; chaos; confusion
    • 公序良俗 こうじょりょうぞく Listen public order and morals; social standards; public policy

  • Four-character idioms with 序

    • 公序良俗 こうじょりょうぞく Listen public order and morals; social standards; public policy
    • 年功序列 ねんこうじょれつ Listen seniority by length of service
    • 安寧秩序 あんねいちつじょ Listen peace and order; law and order

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    • Verified meaning: order, preface, beginning
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    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.

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

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    jo(ジョ) ジョ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuide(つい-で) つい-で

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    广 (madare)

  • Related Keywords

    order preface beginning introduction opportunity prologue arrangement sequence discipline foreword preamble preliminary prelude opening outset lead-in exposition

Sentences including 序

  • The police keep order.

  • It's difficult to keep order in this town.

  • How does the preface run?

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