序	887A45   61.00-3	部居	畫數  7	ㄒㄩˋ [xU4] .
N	(1)  (AC) public school of town or village: 庠序之教 public education. (2)  A preface to a book (also wr. 敘). (3)  Order, sequence: 次序 ditto. (4)  Orderliness: 長幼有序 respect for seniority; 秩序 order in assembly; 秩序大亂 (meeting) broke out in great disorder.
V	To arrange in order by certain standard: 序齒 to arrange seats at table by seniority (齒 here＝age); 序次 to seat in order.
Words	1.序跋 [xU4ba2], n., preface (序) and postscript (跋).  2.序曲 [xU4qU3], n., (mus.) prelude.  3.序傳 [xU4zhuan4], n., (AC) preface by author.  4.序論 [xU4lun4], n., introductory chapter (of a book), introduction.  5.序幕 [xU4mu4], n., (1)  opening scene in play; (2)  prelude to social or political events.  6.序數 [xU4shu4], n., a cardinal number [WEdit: 'cardinal number' should read '基數' rather than '序數'. '序數' is 'ordinal number'].  7.序文 [xU4wen2], n., a preface, foreword.  8.序言 [xU4yan2], n., ditto.