The kanji 徐: meaning, readings and stroke order

徐

Meaning: slowly, gradually
On reading: ジョ jo
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 彳 step
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: từ từ, chậm rãi (từ)
Japanese: ゆっくり。すこしずつ。
Korean: 천천히, 조금씩 (서)
Chinese: 慢慢、徐徐

Readings, words and example sentences

ジョ jo · on reading

徐じょ々じょ
little by little, gradually
気温が 徐じょ々じょに上がります。
The temperature goes up little by little.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.