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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xù | xu4
English translation
to express, to state; to relate, to narrate

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

余攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yòu represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
叙述 xùshù to recount敘述
叙利亚 Xù lì yà Syria敘利亞
to chat
叙旧 xù jiù to reminisce敘舊
叙事 xù shì narrative敘事
记叙 jì xù to narrate記敘
叙事诗 xù shì shī narrative poem敘事詩
记叙文 jì xù wén narrative writing記敘文
倒叙 dào xù to flash back倒敘
叙永 Xù yǒng Xuyong county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州 Lú zhōu [Lú​zhōu], Sichuan敘永
叙谈 xù tán to chat敘談
叙述性 xù shù xìng narrative敘述性
铺叙 pū xù complete narrative鋪敘
叙永县 Xù yǒng xiàn Xuyong county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州 Lú zhōu [Lú​zhōu], Sichuan敘永縣
追叙 zhuī xù to recount what happened prior to events already known追敘
顺叙 shùn xù chronological narrative順敘
叙拉古 Xù lā gǔ Syracuse, Sicily敘拉古
面叙 miàn xù to talk face-to-face面敘
叙言 xù yán preface敘言
叙明 xù míng detailed accounting敘明
埃叙 Aī Xù Egypt-Syria埃敘
叙文 xù wén preface敘文
叙利亚文 Xù lì yà wén the Syriac script敘利亞文

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