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绪

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beginnings; clues; mental state; thread

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
11
Radical
糸 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
緒
Common rank
#1,925
Unicode
U+7EEA

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Formation & memory

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How 绪 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “thread” + 者 sound ( zhě )

Components 纟 者

How to remember it

inception · Heisig RSH #2393

thread + puppet

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 绪

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
民族主义情绪 mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xù nationalist feelings; nationalist sentiment
心绪不宁 xīn xù bù níng unquiet state of mind
西绪福斯 Xī xù fú sī Sisyphus
情绪商数 qíng xù shāng shù emotional intelligence quotient (EQ)
千头万绪 qiān tóu wàn xù plethora of things to tackle; multitude of loose ends; very complicated; chaotic
情绪化 qíng xù huà emotional; sentimental
意第绪语 Yì dì xù yǔ Yiddish language
离情别绪 lí qíng bié xù sad feeling at separation (idiom)
情绪价值 qíng xù jià zhí emotional value
一切就绪 yī qiè jiù xù everything in its place and ready (idiom)
情绪智商 qíng xù zhì shāng emotional intelligence (EQ)
心绪不佳 xīn xù bù jiā out of sorts; gloomy
情绪状态 qíng xù zhuàng tài emotional state
索绪尔 Suǒ xù ěr Saussure (name)
光绪帝 Guāng xù dì Guangxu Emperor
头绪 tóu xù outline; main threads
心绪 xīn xù state of mind; mood
自卑情绪 zì bēi qíng xù inferiority complex
光绪 Guāng xù reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu or Guang-hsu (1875-1908)
情绪 qíng xù mood; state of mind; moodiness; CL:種|种[zhong3]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 者 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
者 sound part zhě that which; they who; those who
都 dōu all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital
猪 zhū pig, hog, wild boar
诸 zhū all, many, various; surname
著 zhù to show, to prove, to make known
署 shǔ bureau, public office; to sign
赌 dǔ to bet, to gamble, to wager
屠 tú to butcher, to slaughter; massacre
暑 shǔ hot; heat; summer
煮 zhǔ to boil, to cook
堵 dǔ wall; to stop, to prevent, to block
奢 shē exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful
睹 dǔ to look at, to gaze at; to observe
渚 zhǔ islet, sandbar
箸 zhù chopsticks
褚 zhǔ bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname
赭 zhě hematite; ochre, reddish-brown
啫 zhě onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning
楮 chǔ mulberry; paper