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The kanji 緒: meaning, readings and stroke order
緒
- Meaning
- cord, thread (of feeling)
- On reading
- ショ sho、チョ* cho
- Kun reading
- お o
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 糸 silk
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 緖
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sợi dây, mối (cảm xúc) (tự)
- Japanese
- ひも。おもいの いとぐち。
- Korean
- 끈, 실마리 (서)
- Chinese
- 绳带、思绪 (绪)
Readings, words and example sentences
ショ sho · on reading · less common
由緒
long and honored history (of a place)
由緒ある お寺を 訪ねます。
I visit a temple with a long history.
お o · kun reading · less common
鼻緒
thong strap (of a geta sandal)
げたの 鼻緒が 切れました。
The strap of my geta snapped.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 緒 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 緒 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.