序

xù
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(bound form) order, sequence

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

序 joins 广, a building or hut, with 予 yǔ, which supplies the sound. It first meant the side walls of a main room. The meaning grew to a house's side wings, to school, to order or sequence, and to a preface.

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Homophones

绪xù
beginnings, clues, mental state
续xù
to continue, to replenish
蓄xù
to store up, to grow (e.g. a beard)
叙xù
to narrate, to chat

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