叙

敘
xù
#1,605 most
frequent character
to narrate, to chat

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

叙 pairs 余 yú for sound with 又, a right hand, as a picture part. Its early sense was order or sequence. From that it grew to narrating events in order, and then simply to talking or chatting.

Drawn as: right hand

叙 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

叙xù
variant of 敘|叙[xu4]
叙Xu4
abbr. for Syria 敘利亞|叙利亚[Xu4 li4 ya4]

Homophones

序xù
(bound form) order, sequence
绪xù
beginnings, clues, mental state
续xù
to continue, to replenish
蓄xù
to store up, to grow (e.g. a beard)

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