緒 – thong, beginning, inception

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#952 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 緒 means thong, beginning, inception, end, cord, strap, mental or emotional state. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ショ、チョ (sho, cho); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お、いとぐち (o, itoguchi). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ショ	sho
On’yomi	チョ	cho
Kun’yomi	お	o
Kun’yomi	いとぐち	itoguchi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・日・老.

Words using 緒

一緒いっしょ(doing) together内緒ないしょsecrecy情緒じょうちょemotion情緒じょうしょemotion

Example sentences

「ご一緒してもいいですか」「もちろんです」

"May I go with you?" "Of course."

Tatoeba #217215

彼女は内緒で私にその話をした。

She told me the story in confidence.

Tatoeba #87656

そのような情緒と行動の分離に比べれば、破局的結果の方がまだましである。

Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.

Tatoeba #76629

Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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