# 緒

| 緒 | U+7DD2, &#32210; 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 2496$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (xu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^5$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): si
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū / sǐr / sī
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhiu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^5$
*** Yale: séuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sy$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬy⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhiu
*** MiniDict: zhiu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑy²³/
* 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 | zeoi$^6$ |
* 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

* 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 (biéxù)
* 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
* 意緒 / 意绪
* 愁緒 / 愁绪 (chóuxù)
* 愁緒如麻 / 愁绪如麻
* 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
* 萬緒千端 / 万绪千端
* 萬緒千頭 / 万绪千头
* 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
* 聖緒 / 圣绪
* 茫無頭緒 / 茫无头绪
* 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

### References

* “緒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 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

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 緖)

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょ (jo)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho, Jōyō)
* Kan’yō-on: ちょ (cho, Jōyō $^†$)
* 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: [ɕo̞]

#### Noun

緒(しょ) • (sho)
* 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: [t͡ɕo̞]

#### Noun

緒(ちょ) • (cho)
* 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: [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
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