Word details
序文
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 序文.
Dictionary
Entry
1
preface; foreword; introduction
Examples
彼はその戯曲にすばらしい序文を書いた。
He wrote a fine preface to the play.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
序
preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally
7 strokesFrequency 1,160JLPT N1Grade 5
On
ジョ
Kun
つい.でついで
Nanori
つぐ
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
4 strokesFrequency 190JLPT N3Grade 1
On
ブンモン
Kun
ふみあや
Nanori
かざりふも
叙
confer, relate, narrate, describe
9 strokesFrequency 1,954JLPT N1Grade 8
On
ジョ
Kun
つい.ずついで
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