徐 — gradually, slowly, deliberately

じょ徐 gradually

じょ

U+5F90 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1470 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1788 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

gradually
slowly
deliberately
gently

Readings

On'yomi: じょ jo
Kun'yomi: おもむ omomu

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じょ jo On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

徐(じょ) 々に jojoni gradually 徐(じょ) 行(こう) jokou going slowly (esp. to enable a vehicle to stop immediately)

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 徐: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

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あまる余 too much

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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