叙

xù

to narrate · to chat

Radical: 又 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

发反变取双受友及叉叔叛叟

Same radical

发反变取双受友及叉叔叛叟叠又叚

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Character Decomposition

叙=余+又

Etymology

again

Meanings

to narrate

to chat

xù

abbr. for Syria

Xù

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Words with 叙 145 total

to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning · to flash back · flashback (in a novel, movie etc)倒叙dào xù to talk face-to-face面叙miàn xù

Idioms with 叙 2 total Chain

(idiom) (neutral) to narrate in a plain, unaffected manner; (mildly critical) to recount events in a flat, colorless style平铺直叙píng pū zhí xù