緒

音読おんよみ: ショ・チョ

訓読くんよみ:

画数かくすう: 14

部首ぶしゅ: 糸(いとへん)

Meaning

Cord / Strap / Beginning / Clue

  • 由緒ゆいしょ — origin; history; pedigree
  • 情緒じょうちょ — emotion; atmosphere; “feel”
  • 一緒いっしょ — together
  • 端緒たんしょ — beginning; clue; first sign
  • 緒戦しょせん — opening match; first battle
  • 鼻緒はなお — sandal thong strap

This kanji is built on the thread idea. A thread can be a cord or strap — and it can also be a “thread of a story,” meaning a starting point or a clue that leads you forward.

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