徐
slowly; gently
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,811 U+5F90
How 徐 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
彳 (semantic, “step”) + 余 (phonetic, yú)
How to remember it
slowly · Heisig RSH #2650
queue + scale
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 余
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 余 (yú) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余 sound component | yú | surplus, remainder; surname |
| 途 | tú | way, road, path, journey, course |
| 斜 | xié | slanting, sloping, inclined |
| 涂 | tú | to smear, to scribble, to daub; surname |
| 叙 | xù | to express, to state; to relate, to narrate |
| 荼 | tú | a bitter vegetable |
| 嵞 | tú | a mountain in Zhejiang |
| 狳 | yú | armadillo |
| 蜍 | chú | toad (2) |
| 酴 | tú | yeast; wine; to leaven, to ferment |
Words containing 徐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徐水区 | Xú shuǐ Qū | Xushui, a district of Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei |
| 徐州市 | Xú zhōu Shì | Xuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省[Jiang1 su1 Sheng3] |
| 清徐县 | Qīng xú Xiàn | Qingxu, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市[Tai4 yuan2 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 不疾不徐 | bù jí bù xú | neither too fast nor too slow (idiom) |
| 徐闻县 | Xú wén Xiàn | Xuwen, a county in Zhanjiang City 湛江市[Zhan4 jiang1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 半老徐娘 | bàn lǎo Xú niáng | middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age |
| 徐娘半老 | Xú niáng bàn lǎo | middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age |
| 徐水 | Xú shuǐ | see 徐水區|徐水区[Xu2 shui3 Qu1] |
| 徐汇区 | Xú huì qū | Xuhui district, central Shanghai |
| 徐家汇 | Xú jiā huì | Xujiahui, an area in 徐匯區|徐汇区[Xu2 hui4 qu1], Xuhui district, central Shanghai |
| 徐世昌 | Xú Shì chāng | Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of Ch… |
| 徐行 | xú xíng | to walk slowly; to stroll |
| 徐克 | Xú Kè | Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer |
| 徐州 | Xú zhōu | see 徐州市[Xu2 zhou1 Shi4] |
| 徐星 | Xú Xīng | Xu Xing (1969-), Chinese palaeontologist; Xu Xing (1956-), Chinese short story writer |
| 林则徐 | Lín Zé xú | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium act… |
| 清徐 | Qīng xú | see 清徐縣|清徐县[Qing1 xu2 Xian4] |
| 徐霞客游记 | Xú Xiá kè Yóu jì | Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客[Xu2 Xia2 ke4] on geology, geogr… |
| 徐志摩 | Xú Zhì mó | Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet |
| 徐步 | xú bù | to stroll; to walk slowly |