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Kanji Detail for 叙 - "to describe, to narrate, to confer"

叙

  • Meaning

    叙 means "to describe, to narrate, to confer."

    1. Describe - To give an account in order.

    2. Narrate - To tell a story.

    3. Confer - To bestow rank or honor.

  • Words using 叙

    • 叙勲 じょくん Listen conferring of decorations
    • 叙情 じょじょう Listen lyricism; description of one's feelings

  • Four-character idioms with 叙

    • 叙位叙勲 じょいじょくん Listen conferment of Court ranks and decorations

  • Tattoo check: 叙

    • Verified meaning: to describe, to narrate, to confer
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read のぶ)

    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 叙

    Given names 叙(のぶ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    confer; relate; narrate; describe

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    express, state, relate, narrate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 敘|叙[xu4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to express, to state; to relate, to narrate

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jo(ジョ) ジョ

  • Kunyomi

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    tsui.zu(つい-ず) つい-ず

    tsuide(つい-で) つい-で

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    又 (mata)

  • Related Keywords

    to describe to narrate to confer preface sequence exposition narrative account description narration order story tell testimony speech statement declaration

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