Chinese Character 序 Meanings and components.

Form

序

Meaning

序 meaning[3] in English

Order.

Sequence.

Preface.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 序 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and (archaic) I (予)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with ININ

How to write 序

To write序xu4order you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 予yu3(archaic) I arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 予 = 序

序 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 序 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 序, looks as follow:

序
Pinyin:xu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Order . Sequence . Preface
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
予
Pinyin:yu3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Archaic) I . Me
龴
Pinyin:龴5 Shape:一
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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