顺序 (shùn xù)

Character breakdown

• 顺 (shùn) · 9 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 页 represents the meaning and 川 represents the sound. Simplified form of 順.

• 序 (xù) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "walls at side of palace". The meaning later shifted to "order" and "sequence".