徐 — Chinese character
徐
xú
slowly, quietly, calmly; dignified, composed
- Pinyin
- xú
- Radical
- 60 ⼻ (Step)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 彳 余
- Formation
- pictophonetic — step; meaning component 彳; sound component 余
- Japanese
- 徐 as a kanji
Common words with 徐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 徐徐 | xú xú | slowly; gently |
| 徐行 | xú xíng | to walk slowly; to stroll |
| 半老徐娘 | bàn lǎo Xú niáng | middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age |
| 不疾不徐 | bù jí bù xú | neither too fast nor too slow (idiom) |
| 徐缓 (徐緩) | xú huǎn | slow; sluggish |
| 徐步 | xú bù | to stroll; to walk slowly |
English words written with 徐
徐 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 2 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 9 · Zhuangzi 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 15
- Art of War 7.17
- Art of War 9.35
- Hexagram 47
- Mencius 3A.5
- Mencius 4B.18
- Mencius 6B.2
- Mencius 7A.39
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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