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					Grade 5 -                序 
 Kanji character Grade 5 序. Writing practice along 
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			| About |  
			| preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, 
			incidentally Kun: つい.で、 ついで
 On: ジョ
 7 strokes
 Radical: house on cliff 广
 Parts: 一 亅 マ 子 广
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 序 【ジョ】 order, ordering, beginning, start, foreword, preface, 
			introduction, opening of a song (in gagaku or noh) 序盤 【ジョバン】 the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)
 公序 【コウジョ】 public order, public policy
 西序 【セイジョ】 memorial rite involving the western sanctum
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			| Kunyomi |  
			| 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor 序でに 【ついでに】 incidentally, taking the opportunity, while (you) are at 
			it, on the occasion
 序で 【ついで】 opportunity, occasion, chance, order, sequence, successor
 序でに 【ついでに】 incidentally, taking the opportunity, while (you) are at 
			it, on the occasion
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