叙

See also: 敘, and 敍

叙 U+53D9, 叙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53D9 ← 变 [U+53D8] CJK Unified Ideographs 叚 → [U+53DA]

Translingual

Traditional	敘
Simplified	叙
Japanese	叙
Korean	敍

Han character

叙 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人木水 (ODE), four-corner 8794₀, composition ⿰余又)

Derived characters

• 溆, 𪣸, 𮏽, 𪣶, 𧾠

Related characters

• 敘 (Traditional form of 叙 used in modern Taiwan, also widely used in Hong Kong)
• 敍 (Kyūjitai form of 叙, orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary, standard form in Hong Kong)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3163
• Dae Jaweon: page 378, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 397, character 15
• Unihan data for U+53D9

Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant simplified from 敘 (攴 → 又) found in the Tang dynasty orthographic dictionary Ganlu Zishu (干祿字書) and eventually adopted as an official form by the People's Republic of China.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 叙 – see 敘 (“to talk; to chat; to narrate; to recount; to relate; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 敘).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01730-001#18

Japanese

Shinjitai	叙
Kyūjitai	敍

Kanji

叙

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 敍)

1. to confer; to narrate; to describe

Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo, Jōyō)^{←じよ (zyo, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kun: のべる (noberu, 叙べる)、ついでる (tsuideru)、ついで (tsuide)

Compounds

• 叙(じょ)事(じ)詩(し) (jojishi): epic poetry
• 叙(じょ)述(じゅつ) (jojutsu): narration
• 叙(じょ)情(じょう) (jojō): lyricism

Vietnamese

Han character

叙: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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References

• Nom Foundation