徐 – gradually, slowly, deliberately

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1470 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 徐 means gradually, slowly, deliberately, gently. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジョ (jo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おもむ.ろに (omomuroni). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 彳 (no. 60).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジョ	jo
Kun’yomi	おもむ.ろに	omomuroni

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: 彳 (Kangxi radical 60). Components: 禾・个・彳・一.

Words using 徐

徐々にじょじょにgradually徐行じょこうgoing slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately)

Example sentences

単語は徐々に増えますので、こまめにチェックしてください。

The words covered are steadily increasing, so check frequently.

Tatoeba #75885

車に徐行するようにと合図した。

I signaled the car to go slow.

Tatoeba #149084

Kanji with the same radical

後得役待復従彼徒徴徹律御徳微往径

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