Read Edit View history 序 xù HSK4 order, sequence Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "walls at side of palace". The meaning later shifted to "order" and "sequence". Pinyin Separate values with commas xù × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 序 Simp strokes 序 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 序 Simp strokes 序 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 序 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 501, 861 ], [ 584, 815 ], [ 606, 784 ] ], [ [ 336, 684 ], [ 363, 674 ], [ 459, 680 ], [ 731, 729 ], [ 773, 728 ] ], [ [ 261, 713 ], [ 289, 684 ], [ 296, 662 ], [ 268, 460 ], [ 237, 341 ], [ 213, 275 ], [ 167, 181 ], [ 100, 82 ], [ 57, 38 ] ], [ [ 402, 569 ], [ 449, 556 ], [ 607, 606 ], [ 651, 608 ], [ 666, 597 ], [ 675, 578 ], [ 600, 500 ], [ 597, 490 ], [ 589, 489 ] ], [ [ 500, 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48 38 Q 45 28 56 29 Q 101 36 192 180 Q 199 195 209 211 Q 287 368 322 621 Q 325 640 331 658 Q 331 659 332 660 C 339 683 339 683 329 691 Z", "M 591 478 Q 696 553 721 559 Q 739 565 733 580 Q 730 595 671 629 Q 653 639 633 631 Q 575 610 486 585 Q 462 578 407 580 Q 385 581 393 562 Q 400 550 417 540 Q 445 524 476 543 Q 498 550 610 589 Q 620 593 632 588 Q 642 582 638 570 Q 610 533 578 487 C 561 462 567 461 591 478 Z", "M 578 487 Q 544 508 499 508 Q 496 508 496 507 Q 492 503 493 493 L 568 426 Q 580 416 593 417 Q 602 417 605 428 Q 609 441 600 465 Q 597 472 591 478 L 578 487 Z", "M 578 351 Q 662 367 746 378 Q 782 381 783 365 Q 783 349 752 289 Q 743 273 751 269 Q 758 265 772 277 Q 851 337 883 348 Q 908 354 906 368 Q 905 381 829 422 Q 807 432 778 425 Q 666 398 570 380 Q 461 364 309 347 Q 281 344 302 320 Q 318 298 368 312 Q 455 331 540 345 L 578 351 Z", "M 502 53 Q 477 60 445 68 Q 432 71 433 64 Q 434 57 444 47 Q 511 -5 556 -47 Q 568 -56 581 -40 Q 623 8 618 91 Q 612 209 618 282 Q 625 309 619 319 Q 610 332 578 351 C 553 367 530 373 540 345 Q 540 338 547 327 Q 556 303 556 86 Q 553 64 544 51 Q 532 44 502 53 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.