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Kotomora

叙

confer, relate, narrate, describe

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジョ

Kun'yomi

  • つい.ず
  • ついで

Meaning

叙 centers on putting things in order through words or actions: conferring a title or rank, relating events in a narrative, or describing something in a structured way.

Most common words using 叙

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  • 叙事詩じょじし

    epic (poem); epic poetry

  • 叙情じょじょう

    lyricism; description of one's feelings

  • 叙述じょじゅつ

    description; account; delineation; narration

  • 自叙伝じじょでん

    autobiography

  • 叙勲じょくん

    conferring of decorations

  • 叙任じょにん

    investiture

  • ギルガメシュ叙事詩ギルガメシュじょじし

    Epic of Gilgamesh

  • 久濶を叙すきゅうかつをじょす

    to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

  • 久闊を叙するきゅうかつをじょする

    to apologize for a long neglect of friends (apologise)

  • 伝承叙事詩でんしょうじょじし

    oral epic

  • 倒叙とうじょ

    reverse chronological order

  • 叙すじょす

    to relate; to narrate; to describe

  • 叙するじょする

    to relate; to narrate; to describe

  • 叙事じょじ

    narration; description of things and facts

  • 叙事文じょじぶん

    narration; description

  • 叙事的じょじてき

    epic (e.g. poem); descriptive; narrative

  • 叙位じょい

    investiture

  • 叙位叙勲じょいじょくん

    conferment of Court ranks and decorations

  • 叙勲者じょくんしゃ

    recipient of a decoration (medal, order); person who has been decorated

  • 叙品じょひん

    ordination (esp. Catholic)

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Study

Etymology

叙 is the modern simplified form of 敘. The older form combines 余 (which may have contributed sound) with 攵 (a hand holding a stick), suggesting the action of arranging or ordering. The modern form replaces 攵 with 又.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 余 can suggest surplus or extra, and the right side 又 is a hand. Picture a hand organizing extra items into a neat arrangement, like conferring honors or narrating events in order.

Reading mnemonic

For ジョ, imagine a judge conferring a title: judge -> ジョ, and the judge's hand (又) arranges the ceremony.