叙
confer, relate, narrate, describe
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
20 of 42- 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)
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.