Keyword
slowly
- quietly
- calmly
- dignified
- composed
- Frequency
- #2045
- Strokes
- 10
Readings
xú
Mnemonic
彳 (step) gives the meaning and 余 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
徐
slowly; gently
徐徐
slowly; gently
徐州市
Xuzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省 (JiāngsūShěng)
徐家汇
Xujiahui, an area in 徐汇区 (Xúhuìqū), Xuhui district, central Shanghai
林则徐
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
徐克
Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer
徐悲鸿
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
徐汇区
Xuhui district, central Shanghai
徐志摩
Xu Zhimo (1897-1931), writer and poet
徐世昌
Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921
徐光启
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty
徐福
Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer
徐霞客
Xu Xiake (1587-1641), Ming dynasty travel writer and geographer, author of Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries 徐霞客游记 (XúXiákèYóujì)
徐行
to walk slowly; to stroll
徐闻县
Xuwen, a county in Zhanjiang City 湛江市 (ZhànjiāngShì), Guangdong
徐匡迪
Xu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai
徐渭
Xu Wei (1521-1593), Ming dynasty Chinese painter and author
徐铉
Xu Xuan (-991), author of commentaries on Shuowen Jiezi 说文解字注 (ShuōwénJiězìZhù)
徐俊
Xu Jun (1962-), Chinese Chinese chess grandmaster
清徐县
Qingxu, a county in Taiyuan City 太原市 (TàiyuánShì), Shanxi
徐熙媛
Barbie Hsu (1976–2025), Taiwanese entertainer, nicknamed 大S[Da4 S]
徐娘半老
middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
半老徐娘
middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age
不疾不徐
neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)