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Chinese symbol for “narration”

叙述
xù shù
Traditional: 敘述
to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration

The closest CC-CEDICT match for narration is 叙述 (xù shù), defined as: to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

叙 xù
to express, to state; to relate, to narrate
radical 29 ⼜ · 9 strokes
述 shù
to express, to state; to narrate, to tell
radical 162 ⾡ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 叙述.

WordPinyinMeaning
叙事 (敘事)xù shìto narrate; to recount; narrative
叙旧 (敘舊)xù jiùto reminisce; to talk about former times
记叙 (記敘)jì xùto narrate; narrative
叙事诗 (敘事詩)xù shì shīnarrative poem
记叙文 (記敘文)jì xù wénnarrative writing; written narration
描述miáo shùto describe; description
上述shàng shùaforementioned; above-mentioned
讲述 (講述)jiǎng shùto talk about; to narrate; to give an account

See also: Japanese symbol for “narration”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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