緒

See also: 緖 and 绪

緒 U+7DD2, 緒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD2 ← 緑 [U+7DD1] CJK Unified Ideographs 緓 → [U+7DD3]

Translingual

Traditional	緒
Simplified	绪
Japanese	緒
Korean	緖

Alternative forms

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

Han character

緒 (radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火十大日 (VFJKA), four-corner 2496₀, composition ⿰糹者(GHT) or ⿰糸者(J))

Derived characters

• 𭳌

Related characters

• 緖 (Orthodox form in Kangxi dictionary, Kyūjitai in Japan, preferred form in Korea)
• 绪 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

trad.		緒/緖
simp.		绪

Glyph origin

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, OC *ljaʔ): semantic 糹 + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si
• Min Nan (POJ): sū / sǐr / sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁵
    • Yale: séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
    • Tâi-lô: sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sǐr
    • Tâi-lô: sǐr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī
    • Tâi-lô: sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: si
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²/

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• Middle Chinese: /zɨʌ^X/

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
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

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-m-taʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ljaʔ/

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

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

• 三頭兩緒／三头两绪
• 不情不緒／不情不绪
• 元緒／元绪
• 先緒／先绪
• 光緒／光绪 (Guāngxù)
• 入緒／入绪
• 兩頭三緒／两头三绪
• 別緒／别绪
• 前緒／前绪
• 千愁萬緒／千愁万绪
• 千條萬緒／千条万绪
• 千端萬緒／千端万绪
• 千緒萬端／千绪万端
• 千頭百緒／千头百绪
• 千頭萬緒／千头万绪
• 墜緒／坠绪
• 就緒／就绪 (jiùxù)
• 心緒／心绪 (xīnxù)

• 心緒如麻／心绪如麻
• 心緒恍惚／心绪恍惚
• 思緒／思绪 (sīxù)
• 恢先緒／恢先绪
• 情緒／情绪 (qíngxù)
• 情緒智商／情绪智商
• 愁緒／愁绪 (chóuxù)
• 愁緒如麻／愁绪如麻
• 意緒／意绪
• 抽緒／抽绪
• 有點頭緒／有点头绪
• 沒心沒緒／没心没绪
• 沒情沒緒／没情没绪
• 沒頭緒／没头绪
• 無情無緒／无情无绪
• 理出頭緒／理出头绪
• 祧緒／祧绪
• 端緒／端绪 (duānxù)

• 紹休聖緒／绍休圣绪
• 緒戰／绪战
• 緒業／绪业
• 緒言／绪言 (xùyán)
• 緒論／绪论 (xùlùn)
• 緒風／绪风
• 緒餘／绪余 (xùyú)
• 績緒／绩绪
• 茫無頭緒／茫无头绪
• 萬緒千端／万绪千端
• 萬緒千頭／万绪千头
• 衣冠緒餘／衣冠绪余
• 蹤緒／踪绪
• 離情別緒／离情别绪
• 頭緒／头绪 (tóuxù)
• 餘緒／余绪 (yúxù)
• 鬧情緒／闹情绪 (nào qíngxù)
• 鴻緒／鸿绪

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Japanese

Shinjitai	緒
Kyūjitai	緖

Kanji

緒

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 緖)

Readings

• Go-on: じょ (jo)^{←じよ (zyo, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)^{←しよ (syo, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: ちょ (cho, Jōyō ^†)^{←ちよ (tyo, historical)}
• Kun: お (o, 緒, Jōyō); いとぐち (itoguchi, 緒)
• Nanori: つぐ (tsugu); ほ (ho)

Etymology 1

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

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞]

Noun

緒(しょ) • (sho) 

1. beginning
2. mental or emotional state

Etymology 2

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

• Kan’yōyomi
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]

Noun

緒(ちょ) • (cho) 

1. Alternative form of 緒 (sho)

Etymology 3

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

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [o̞]

Noun

緒(お) • (o) 

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

緒: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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