# 順 sequence

川 (river) + (headright)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

JUN |

## Mnemonic

| You are last in the sequence, so you will have to wait until JUNE to dunk your head in the river. (FYI: it's India and there's a lot of pilgrims for the Ganges)

## Jukugo

順番(じゅんばん) | order ★★★★☆ 順 (sequence) + 番 (number) = 順番 (order) order of people in a line (take a number!) - order of bands on a live show.
順調(じゅんちょう) な　 or である | no problem ★☆☆☆☆ 順 (sequence) + 調 (check out) = 順調 (no problem) fine, fair, no problems, smoothly. Usually used like this : "Hi! How's business these days?" "Oh, 順調、 I can't complain!"
順序(じゅんじょ) | sequence of steps ☆☆☆☆☆ 順 (sequence) + 序 (first part / preface) = 順序 (sequence of steps) the sequence of steps in a proceedure - the order of books arranged by a certain system, (i.e. Dewey Decimal).

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
訓 | kunyomi | SAY | 言
順 | sequence | HEAD | 頭

You SAY kunyomi when you talk,

but you have to figure out the sequence of the words in your HEAD.

## Synonyms

ok, fine 了解 順調 平気
sequence 順序 順番 序列
turn 順番 出番 互い違い 交互に