# 序 — preface; order

序 means “preface; order”. It is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 7 strokes. On'yomi: ジョ (jo). Kun'yomi: ついで (tsuide), つい(で) (tsuide).

- Meaning: preface; order
- On'yomi: ジョ (jo)
- Kun'yomi: ついで (tsuide), つい(で) (tsuide)
- Strokes: 7
- Level: JLPT N1 · set Links & order 2

## How to remember 序

Parts: 广 shelter · 予 in advance

## Don't confuse it with

[予](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/beforehand/) · [庁](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/government-agency/)

## More in the “Links & order 2” set

[序](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/preface/) · [兼](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/double-as/) · [秩](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/regularity/) · [縁](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/bond-of-fate/) · [随](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/go-along-with/) · [該](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/the-said/) · [循](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/circulate/) · [如](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/as-if/)

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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/preface/. Last updated 2026-11-01.