序

(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial; preface

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,029 U+5E8F

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

广 (semantic, “wide”) + 予 (phonetic, yǔ)

components: 广予

preface · Heisig RSH #1006

cave + ceremonial spear

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 予

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 予 (yǔ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
予 sound component	yǔ	to give; to award
野	yě	field, open country; wilderness
预	yù	to prepare, to arrange; in advance
舒	shū	relaxed, comfortable; to unfold, to stretch out
豫	yù	relaxed; hesitant
妤	yú	beautiful, handsome, fair
杼	zhù	scrub oak; long, narrow, thin; sewing shuttle

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
原子序数	yuán zǐ xù shù	atomic number
应用程序接口	yìng yòng chéng xù jiē kǒu	application programming interface (API)
有序化	yǒu xù huà	ordering (of a list, encyclopedia etc)
应用程序编程接口	yìng yòng chéng xù biān chéng jiē kǒu	application programming interface (API)
主序星	zhǔ xù xīng	(astronomy) main-sequence star
应用程序	yìng yòng chéng xù	(computing) program; application
主序带	zhǔ xù dài	(astronomy) main sequence
转义序列	zhuǎn yì xù liè	(computing) escape sequence
子程序	zǐ chéng xù	subroutine
时间序列	shí jiān xù liè	time series (stats.)
程序性	chéng xù xìng	program
程序法	chéng xù fǎ	procedural law
电子稳定程序	diàn zǐ wěn dìng chéng xù	(automotive) electronic stability program (ESP)
字母顺序	zì mǔ shùn xù	alphabetical order
有次序	yǒu cì xù	ordered
无序	wú xù	disorderly; irregular; lack of order
井然有序	jǐng rán yǒu xù	everything clear and in good order (idiom); neat and tidy
自序	zì xù	author's preface; autobiographical notes as introduction to a book
程序员	chéng xù yuán	programmer
有序	yǒu xù	regular; orderly; successive; in order