# 叙 — narrate; confer

叙 means “narrate; confer”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 9 strokes. On'yomi: ジョ (jo). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: narrate; confer
- On'yomi: ジョ (jo)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 9
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Words & language 4

## How to remember 叙

Parts: 余 surplus · 又 hand; again

## Don't confuse it with

[徐](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/gradually/) · [斜](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/diagonal/)

## More in the “Words & language 4” set

[諭](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/counsel/) · [諾](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/assent/) · [欄](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/newspaper-column/) · [誓](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/vow/) · [訂](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/revise-a-text/) · [閲](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/peruse/) · [喝](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bellow/) · [叙](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/narrate/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/narrate/. Last updated 2026-11-01.