敘
xù

express

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound.

Components

攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

余
余 Sound component
yú I

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjoXs-m-taʔorder (v.)
Zhengzhangljaʔ

說文解字

次弟也。从攴余聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

叙 xù express Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 又 represents the meaning and 余 represents the sound. Simplified form of 敘.

Components

又
又 Meaning component
yòu again
余
余 Sound component
yú I

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode