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叙 means 'confer'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 2330   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-44    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 30 words   Used in 39 words   Used in 16 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジョ
Additional readings
Kun    ついで   ついず
Variants
敍  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 叙 - click the badge to download
From autobiographies to mystery novels to epic poems, stories take many forms. But all involve narration and description, and 叙 drives both. Learn to say, "I will describe the incident as it happened.” Find out about inverted descriptions and inverted mysteries, as well as a "Gulf War novel." Also discover two manga artists, including one who created a Fred Flintstone look-alike.
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Components
⿰  余 surplus; left over; extra  又 again  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 叙 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 叙 is used 38 times, read 1 way.
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じ ょ く ん 0
noun
conferring of decorations
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An additional one less common word includes 叙 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1384  Joy o' Kanji : 1384  Key to Kanji: - 

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叙
ジョ    confer, narrate   
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余
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あます to leave over   あまる to be left over   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
于
ウ    from   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
亅
hook
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
又
また again   
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