Chinese symbol for “telling”
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 telling 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
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 叙述.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叙事 (敘事) | xù shì | to narrate; to recount; narrative |
| 叙旧 (敘舊) | xù jiù | to reminisce; to talk about former times |
| 记叙 (記敘) | jì xù | to narrate; narrative |
| 叙事诗 (敘事詩) | xù shì shī | narrative poem |
| 记叙文 (記敘文) | jì xù wén | narrative writing; written narration |
| 描述 | miáo shù | to describe; description |
| 上述 | shàng shù | aforementioned; above-mentioned |
| 讲述 (講述) | jiǎng shù | to talk about; to narrate; to give an account |
See also: Japanese symbol for “telling”.
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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