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Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "walls at side of palace". The meaning later shifted to "order" and "sequence".
Components
广 Meaning component
yǎn roof
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Early Spring and Autumn (~700 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
序 [xù]
order; sequence; preface
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (109)
程序 [chéngxù] #1,808
procedures
秩序 [zhìxù] #5,206
order (orderly)
顺序 [shùnxù] #5,454
sequence
顺序 [shùnxù] #5,454
sequence
序列 [xùliè] #8,343
sequence
序幕 [xùmù] #24,909
prologue
排序 [páixù] #19,624
to sort
次序 [cìxù] #15,493
sequence
工序 [gōngxù] #50,586
working procedure
无序 [wúxù] #31,526
disorderly
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JAPANESE WORDS (110)
⭐ 秩序 [ちつじょ] #6,907
order
⭐ 順序 [じゅんじょ] #8,030
order
⭐ 序盤 [じょばん] #15,758
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.)
⭐ 序列 [じょれつ] #16,625
rank
⭐ 無秩序 [むちつじょ] #21,439
disorder
序の口 [じょのくち] #31,912
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning")
序章 [じょしょう] #32,623
preface
順序だてる [じゅんじょだてる] #45,780
to put into order
⭐ 序文 [じょぶん] #47,618
preface
⭐ 公序良俗 [こうじょりょうぞく] #50,141
public order and morals
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