緒

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See also: 緖, and 绪
緒 U+7DD2, 緒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD2
← 緑
[U+7DD1] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 緓 →
[U+7DD3]

Translingual

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Traditional 緒
Simplified 绪
Japanese 緒
Korean 緖

Alternative forms

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  • 緖 (U+7DD6): Consists of an additional 丶 stroke above 日 in the component 者.

Han character

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緒 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火十大日 (VFJKA), four-corner 24960, composition ⿰糹⿱耂日 or ⿰糹者)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 929, character 29
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27632
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3408, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+7DD2

Chinese

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trad. 緒/緖
simp. 绪

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (者) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觰 *rtaːʔ, *rtaː
諸 *tjaː, *tja
者 *tjaːʔ
堵 *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ
赭 *tjaːʔ
撦 *l̥ʰjaːʔ
扯 *tʰjaːʔ
闍 *djaː, *taː
奢 *hljaː
鍺 *toːlʔ
都 *taː
醏 *taː
覩 *taːʔ
睹 *taːʔ
暏 *taːʔ
賭 *taːʔ
帾 *taːʔ
楮 *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ
屠 *daː, *da
瘏 *daː
廜 *daː
鷵 *daː
緒 *ljaʔ
豬 *ta
猪 *ta
瀦 *ta
藸 *ta, *da
櫫 *ta
褚 *taʔ, *tʰaʔ
著 *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ
箸 *tas, *das
儲 *da
躇 *da
櫧 *tja
藷 *tja, *djas
蠩 *tja
煮 *tjaʔ
渚 *tjaʔ
煑 *tjaʔ
陼 *tjaʔ
翥 *tjas
署 *djas
薯 *djas
曙 *djas
書 *hlja
暑 *hjaʔ
鐯 *taɡ
擆 *taɡ
櫡 *taɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ljaʔ) : semantic 糹 + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character 緒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 徐吕切
Baxter zjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/zɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ziɔX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ziɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zɨə̆X/
Li
Rong 		/ziɔX/
Wang
Li 		/zĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/zi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zeoi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 緒
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjoX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-m-taʔ/
English arrange in order

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 緒
Reading # 1/1
No. 16982
Phonetic
component 		者
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese 		/*ljaʔ/

Definitions

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緒

  1. † thread; thread end
  2. beginning
    緒言／绪言  ―  xùyán  ―  preface
    緒論／绪论  ―  xùlùn  ―  introduction
  3. mental state
    情緒／情绪  ―  qíngxù  ―  mood
  4. clue
    端緒／端绪  ―  duānxù  ―  thread

Compounds

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References

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  • “緒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “绪”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

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Shinjitai

緒

Kyūjitai

緖

Kanji

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緒

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 緖)

Readings

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
緒
しょ
Grade: S
kan'on
Alternative spelling
緖 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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緒(しょ) • (sho) 

  1. beginning
  2. mental or emotional state

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
緒
ちょ
Grade: S
kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
緖 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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緒(ちょ) • (cho) 

  1. Alternative form of 緒 (sho)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
緒
お
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
緖 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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緒(お) • (o) 

  1. string; cord; thong
  2. (specifically) string of a geta or sandal

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
緒
いとぐち
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
緖 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 緒 – see the following entry.
【糸口いとぐち】
[noun] conversational gambit
[noun] clue
[noun] a beginning
(This term, 緒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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緒 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

  1. Alternative form of 緖

Vietnamese

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Han character

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緒: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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