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序 means 'preface'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1475   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-23    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 24 words   Used in 104 words   Used in 15 names   Not used as a component
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Common readings
On
   ジョ
Additional readings
Kun    ついで   ついで
Name    つぐ
Components
⿸  广 stony cliff  予 previously; in advance  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 序 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 序 is used 104 times, read 3 ways.
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ジョ : 98 words FIND ALL
ち つ じ ょ 2 ち つ じ ょ 1
noun
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
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ついで : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: ついで
noun
opportunity; occasion  (often written with kana only)
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ついで : 5 words FIND ALL
つ い で に 0
Most common form: ついでに
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion  (often written with kana only)
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Additional data
Henshall: 734 (originally: 710)  Joy o' Kanji : 710  Key to Kanji: 521 

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序
ジョ    preface   
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予
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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マ
katakana 'ma'
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
广
stony cliff
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