How to write 敘

敘 xù 1. 同“ 敍 ”。(With the same meaning as "敍".) 敘 xù 名 (Noun) 【本义】: 秩序，次序 (Original meaning: order, sequence) 【造字法】: 形聲。从攴( pū)，余聲 (Character formation: phonetic component, sound from 攴 (pū)) 1. 同本義 (強調一個挨一個的序列) ([En.] order) 2. 同「序」。書籍的序言(早期寫作「敘」，後多寫作「序」) ([En.] preface). - 【引】 1. 《說文》：敘，次弟也。經傳亦以序爲之。 (In "Shuowen", it states: 敘 means sequence.) 2. 《虞書》：百揆時敘。 (In "Yu Shu": The arrangement of the hundred officials.) 3. 《周禮·宮伯》：行其秩敘。 (In "Zhou Li": Conduct in order.) 4. 《周禮·天官》：以官府之六敘正羣吏。 (In "Zhou Li": Correcting officials based on rank.) 5. 《淮南子·本經訓》：四時不失其敘。 (In "Huainanzi": The four seasons do not lose their order.) - 【例】 - 敘齒 (Order of age); 敘齒而坐 (Sit according to age order). 敘 xù 動 (Verb) 1. 依次序排列 ([En.] order) - 【引】 1. 《書·皋陶謨》：惇敘九族。 (In "Shu": To warmly arrange the nine clans.) 2. 《周禮·司書》：以敘其財。(In "Zhou Li": To arrange his wealth.) 2. 敘述，述說 ([En.] tell; narrate) - 【引】 1. 《國語·晉語》：紀言以敘之。 (In "Guoyu": To record words to narrate.) 2. 唐·白居易《琵琶行(並序)》：自敘少小時歡樂事。 (In "Pipa Xing": To recount childhood joys.) 3. 《世說新語·尤悔》：王乃具敘宣王創業之始。 (In "Shishuo Xinyu": Wang detailed the beginnings of Xuanzhuang's reign.) 4. 王羲之《蘭亭集序》：暢敘幽情。 (In "Lantingji Xu": To express quiet feelings.) - 【例】 - 自敘; 追敘; 倒敘; 插敘; 鋪敘; 補敘; 敘事; 敘心 (Self-narrate; retrospective narration; intrusions in narration). 3. 談話 ([En.] talk) - 【引】 1. 《紅樓夢》：大家散了，王夫人姊妹不免又敘了半夜的話兒。 (In "Dream of the Red Chamber": The ladies spoke late into the night.) - 【例】 - 敘意 (Expressing sentiments); 敘覯 (Meeting and discussing); 敘會 (Meeting and talk). 4. 記述，著述 ([En.] narrate) - 【引】 1. 《舊唐書·柳宗元傳》：寫情敘事。 (In "Old Book of Tang": Writing emotions and narratives.) 2. 唐·李朝威《柳毅傳》：幸君子書敘之外。 (In "Liu Yi Chuan": Fortunately, the gentleman wrote narratives beyond.) 5. 評定等級、次第，按功提升 ([En.] assess) - 【引】 1. 《儒林外史》：閻王敘功，從地獄裏把你提上第十七層來。 (In "The Scholars": The King of Hell assesses merits and raises you to the seventeenth level.) - 【例】 - 敘用 (Categorizing ranks for official appointments).