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 (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

𭳌, 𬟋

Related characters

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

References

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

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si
Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sū / sǐr / sī

(Teochew, Peng'im): su²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zhiu / ⁶zi / ⁶jiu / ⁶zyu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syù
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
  - Yale: syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi⁵
  - Yale: séuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si
  - Hakka Romanization System: xi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søy²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy³
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̂
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy³³²/
Southern Min
- (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): /si²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: su²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhiu
  - MiniDict: zhiu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑy²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zi
  - MiniDict: zi^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zi²³¹/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶jiu
  - MiniDict: jiu^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /d͡ʑy¹¹³/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zyu
  - MiniDict: zyu^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /zz̩ʷ¹¹³/

Middle Chinese: zjoX

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	/zɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ziɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ziɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ziɔ^X/
Wang Li	/zĭo^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zi̯wo^X/
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	‹ zjo^X ›
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

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thread; thread end
beginning
緒言／绪言 ― xùyán ― preface

緒論／绪论 ― xùlùn ― introduction
mental state
情緒／情绪 ― qíngxù ― mood
clue
端緒／端绪 ― duānxù ― thread

Compounds

References

“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 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Shinjitai	緒
Kyūjitai	緖

Kanji

緒

(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)

From Middle Chinese 緒 (MC zjoX).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕo̞]

Noun

緒(しょ) • (sho) ^{←しよ (syo)^?}

beginning
mental or emotional state

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
緒
ちょ Grade: S
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
緖 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 緒 (MC zjoX).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]

Noun

緒(ちょ) • (cho) ^{←ちよ (tyo)^?}

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

IPA^(key): [o̞]

Noun

緒(お) • (o)

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

Etymology 4

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

Hanja

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

Alternative form of 緖

Vietnamese

Han character

緒: Hán Nôm readings: tự

This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.