緒 — thong, beginning, inception

お緒 thong

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+7DD2 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #952 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1444 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

thong
beginning
inception
end
cord
strap
mental or emotional state

word

お o Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

緒(お) o cord

しょ sho On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

一(いっ) 緒(しょ) issho together 内(ない) 緒(しょ) naisho secret

ちょ cho On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

情(じょう) 緒(ちょ) joucho emotion

Appears in idioms

異国情緒四字熟語

uncommon, country, feeling, thong

勝って兜の緒を締めよ諺

Tighten your helmet strings after winning

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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もの者 someone

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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