序

序 U+5E8F, 序 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E8F ← 庎 [U+5E8E] CJK Unified Ideographs 庐 → [U+5E90]

Translingual

Han character

序 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈弓戈弓 (ININ), four-corner 0022₂, composition ⿸广予)

Derived characters

• 垿, 𡜾, 𢭸, 𨹘, 𫸉, 𦯅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 343, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9253
• Dae Jaweon: page 653, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 875, character 18
• Unihan data for U+5E8F

Chinese

simp. and trad.		序

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
野	*laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ
壄	*laːʔ
序	*ljaʔ
抒	*ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧	*l'aʔ
杼	*l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ
墅	*ɦljaːʔ
舒	*hlja
紓	*hlja, *ɦljaʔ
妤	*la
伃	*la
予	*la, *laʔ
預	*las
忬	*las
豫	*las
蕷	*las
澦	*las

Characters in the same phonetic series (予) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaʔ) : semantic 广 + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ).

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 序
Mandarin	Beijing	/ɕy⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ɕy⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ɕy⁵³/
	Jinan	/ɕy²¹/
	Qingdao	/sy⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/sy³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ɕy⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ɕy²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ɕy¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ɕy¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ɕy²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ɕy³⁵/
	Chengdu	/ɕy¹³/
	Guiyang	/ɕi²¹³/
	Kunming	/ɕi²¹²/
	Nanjing	/sy⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/ɕy⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ɕy³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ɕy⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ʑy²³/
	Suzhou	/zi³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zz̩ʷ¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zz̩³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰy²²/
	Tunxi	/ɕy²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/si⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/ɕy⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɕy²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/si⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/si⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy²²/
	Nanning	/t͡sy²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/su²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/søy²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/sy⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/su³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/si³⁵/

Rime
Character	序
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐吕切
Baxter	zjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/zɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ziɔX/
Wang Li	/zĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/zi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	序
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ zjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*[sə.l]aʔ/
English	walls at side of palace
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	序
Reading #	1/1
No.	15724
Phonetic component	予
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*ljaʔ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xu⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zeoi⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): dui⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): xy⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): si

  (Meixian, Guangdong): xi⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): xy³
• Northern Min (KCR): sṳ̄
• Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sǐr / sū / sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhiu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xy
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zeoi⁶
    • Yale: jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: dui⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tui³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: xy⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: xy³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕy⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /søy²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zhiu
    • MiniDict: zhiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑy²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi⁴⁵/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: zjoX

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[sə.l]aʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaʔ/

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Definitions

序

1. order; sequence
2. preface (of a book); foreword (Classifier: 篇)

   Antonym: 跋 (bá)

3. introductory
4. ^† school

Synonyms

• (preface):

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• 前序 (qiánxù)
• 前言 (qiányán)
• 前記／前记 (qiánjì)
• 卷首語／卷首语 (juànshǒuyǔ)
• 導言／导言 (dǎoyán)
• 小序 (xiǎoxù)
• 小引 (xiǎoyǐn)
• 序文 (xùwén)
• 序言 (xùyán)
• 弁言 (biànyán) (literary)
• 引言 (yǐnyán)
• 抐話頭／抐话头 (Hokkien)
• 發刊詞／发刊词 (fākāncí) (to a new periodical)
• 短序 (duǎnxù)
• 緒言／绪言 (xùyán)
• 緒論／绪论 (xùlùn)
• 自序 (zìxù) (by the author)
• 話頭／话头 (Hokkien)
• 踏話頭／踏话头 (Hokkien)
• 開場白／开场白 (kāichǎngbái)
• 頭序／头序 (Hokkien)

 

Compounds

• 主序帶／主序带
• 主序星 (zhǔxùxīng)
• 亂中有序／乱中有序 (luànzhōngyǒuxù)
• 井然有序 (jǐngrányǒuxù)
• 代序 (dàixù)
• 依序 (yīxù)
• 保全程序
• 倫序／伦序
• 出言有序
• 分班序齒／分班序齿
• 卷繖花序／卷伞花序
• 原子序 (yuánzǐxù)
• 原子序數／原子序数 (yuánzǐ xùshù)
• 向心花序
• 四序
• 壽序／寿序
• 大序
• 孝經序／孝经序
• 寒溫序／寒温序
• 小序 (xiǎoxù)
• 層序分明／层序分明
• 差序 (cīxù)
• 平鋪直序／平铺直序
• 序列 (xùliè)
• 序升
• 序卦
• 序大 (sī-tōa) (Min Nan)
• 序幕 (xùmù)
• 序戰／序战 (xùzhàn)
• 序數／序数 (xùshù)
• 序文 (xùwén)
• 序時帳／序时帐
• 序曲 (xùqǔ)
• 序次 (xùcì)
• 序班
• 序目 (xùmù)
• 序言 (xùyán)
• 序論／序论
• 序跋 (xùbá)
• 序錄／序录 (xùlù)
• 序齒／序齿 (xùchǐ)
• 庠序 (xiángxù)
• 循序 (xúnxù)
• 循序漸進／循序渐进 (xúnxùjiànjìn)
• 愆序
• 拍序
• 敦序
• 新序 (Xīnxù)
• 旻序 (mínxù)
• 時序／时序
• 有限花序
• 本末有序
• 次序 (cìxù)
• 毛序
• 法定程序
• 流水序
• 滕王閣序／滕王阁序
• 無序／无序 (wúxù)
• 無限花序／无限花序
• 班序
• 產銷秩序／产销秩序
• 短序 (duǎnxù)
• 破邪論序／破邪论序
• 社會秩序／社会秩序 (shèhuì zhìxù)
• 秩序 (zhìxù)
• 秩序井然
• 程序 (chéngxù)
• 程序修憲／程序修宪
• 程序問題／程序问题 (chéngxù wèntí)
• 程序圖／程序图
• 程序控制 (chéngxù kòngzhì)
• 程序法 (chéngxùfǎ)
• 程序違建／程序违建
• 穗狀花序／穗状花序
• 立法程序
• 紀序／纪序
• 紛亂無序／纷乱无序
• 總狀花序／总状花序
• 繖房花序／伞房花序
• 聖教序／圣教序
• 聚繖花序／聚伞花序
• 肉穗花序
• 脫序／脱序
• 膠序／胶序
• 自序 (zìxù)
• 花序 (huāxù)
• 芳序
• 葉序／叶序
• 蘭亭序／兰亭序 (Lántíngxù)
• 蘭亭集序／兰亭集序
• 詞序／词序 (cíxù)
• 詩序／诗序
• 語序／语序 (yǔxù)
• 贈序／赠序
• 輪繖花序／轮伞花序
• 逆序
• 長幼有序／长幼有序
• 隱頭花序／隐头花序
• 雁序
• 順序／顺序 (shùnxù)
• 鴈序
• 鷺序／鹭序 (lùxù)

 

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “序”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 268.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 序

序

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. order, sequence
2. mention, speak
3. beginning
4. preface
5. school

   Synonym: 庠

Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しょ (sho)
• Kun: ついで (tsuide, 序で)、のべる (noberu, 序べる)、はしがき (hashigaki, 序)、まなびや (manabiya, 序)

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 序 – see the following entry.

【学まなび舎や】 [noun] school, school building Alternative spelling 庠

(This term, 序, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 序 (MC zjoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔〯 (syě) (Yale: sye) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

序

Wikisource 序 (eumhun 차례 서 (charye seo))

1. hanja form^? of 서 (“sequence; order”)
2. hanja form^? of 서 (“preface”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 서막 (序幕, seomak)
• 서장 (序章, seojang)
• 순서 (循序, sunseo)
• 질서 (秩序, jilseo)
• 서열 (序列, seoyeol)
• 서론 (序論, seoron)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

序: Hán Nôm readings: tựa, tự

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