序 – preface, beginning, order

7 strokesTaught in grade 5#1160 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 序 means preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョ (jo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つい.で、ついで (tsuide, tsuide). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 广 (no. 53).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョ	jo
Kun’yomi	つい.で	tsuide
Kun’yomi	ついで	tsuide

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 广 (Kangxi radical 53). Components: 子・广・亅・マ・一.

Words using 序

順序じゅんじょorder秩序ちつじょorder

Example sentences

まずご両親に話してみるのが順序というものだろう。

First of all, you should talk it over with your parents.

Tatoeba #195635

自分が集めた事実をもとにして、科学者は、その事実に意味と秩序と価値を与える論理の模様すなわち理論を織りあげるのである。

Around his facts the scientist weaves a logical pattern or theory which gives the facts meaning, order, and significance.

Tatoeba #149997

Kanji with the same radical

度府広店座廃康庁庭庫底床庶廊庇

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.