Chinese symbol for “recital”
序文
xù wén
preface; foreword; preamble; recital (law)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recital is 序文 (xù wén), defined as: preface; foreword; preamble; recital (law); also written 叙文 (xù wén).
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
Other Chinese words for “recital”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 序文.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 程序 | chéng xù | procedures; sequence |
| 秩序 | zhì xù | order; orderliness (in society, in the classroom, on the roads etc) |
| 顺序 (順序) | shùn xù | sequence; order |
| 应用程序 (應用程序) | yìng yòng chéng xù | (computing) program; application |
| 序列 | xù liè | sequence |
| 排序 | pái xù | to sort; to arrange in order |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture; civilization |
| 文章 | wén zhāng | article; essay |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recital”.
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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