緒

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

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)

• 𭳌, 𬟋

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

• 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

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

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

• “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.

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 緖)

• 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)

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

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞]

緒(しょ) • (sho) 

1. beginning
2. mental or emotional state

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

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞]

緒(ちょ) • (cho) 

1. Alternative form of 緒 (sho)

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

• IPA^(key): [o̞]

緒(お) • (o) 

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

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

1. Alternative form of 緖

緒: Hán Nôm readings: tự

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