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序

Readings

Kana: ジョ、つい.で、ついで
Romaji: jo, tsui.de, tsuide
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Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: つぐ
Romaji: tsugu
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Romaji

Meanings

preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  53
Frequency:  1160
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  3-3-4
Korean Reading:  seo
Chinese Reading:  xu4
Unicode:  5e8f
JIS:  3D78

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3065
Nelson Index: 1502
New Nelson Index: 1607
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3q4.4
Four Corner Index: 0022.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 710
Gakken Index: 1342
Japanese Names Index: 507
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9253
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0550
Remembering the kanji Index: 1594
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1258
Kodansha Compact Index: 583
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 734
Kanji in Context Index: 953
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1945
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2639
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1608
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1720
Essential Kanji Index: 507
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3803
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 553
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 638
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 670

Words

序 (じょ)
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface; introduction; (in gagaku or noh) opening of a song
序盤 (じょばん)
the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)
順序 (じゅんじょ)
order; sequence; procedure
序列 (じょれつ)
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
花序 (かじょ)
inflorescence
序 (ついで)
opportunity; occasion
秩序 (ちつじょ)
order; regularity; system; method
序曲 (じょきょく)
overture; prelude
序文 (じょぶん)
preface; foreword; introduction
序説 (じょせつ)
introduction
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