| Chinese Text Project |
| 緒 U+7DD2 |  Seal script |  Jianbo | 緖 Alternate form | 绪 Simplified character |
| Radical: | 糸+ 8 strokes = 14 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.259#21 Kangxi: p.929#29 Cihai: p.1052r3c02 GSR: 45.s Hanyu: v5,p3408#14 |
| Composition: | Left: 糹, right: 者. Component of: 𬟋 |
| Mandarin: | xù ㄒㄩˋ |
| Cantonese: | seoi5 |
| Tang reconstruction: | ziǔ |
| Shuowen: | 《糸部》緒：絲耑也。从糸者聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·語·敘》緒：基緒。《說文》曰：絲耑也，亦姓。 |
| Fanqie: | 徐吕 (《廣韻·上聲·語·敘》) |
| Unihan definition: | end of thread; thread |
Example usage
| 《禮記·中庸》: | 武王纘大王、王季、文王之緒，壹戎衣而有天下，身不失天下之顯名。 |
| King Wu continued the enterprise of King Tai, King Ji, and King Wen. He once buckled on his armor, and got possession of the kingdom. He did not lose the distinguished personal reputation which he had throughout the kingdom. | |
| 《墨子·非攻下》: | 夫無兼國覆軍，賊虐萬民，以亂聖人之緒。 |
| Now to capture a state and to destroy an army, to disturb and torture the people, and to set at naught the aspirations of the sages by confusion | |
| 《莊子·天地》: | 彼且乘人而無天，方且本身而異形，方且尊知而火馳，方且為緒使，方且為物絯，方且四顧而物應，方且應眾宜，方且與物化而未始有恒。 |
| He would employ the human qualities, so that no regard would be paid to the Heavenly gift. Moreover, he would assign different functions to the different parts of the one person. Moreover, honour would be given to knowledge, and he would have his plans take effect with the speed of fire. Moreover, he would be the slave of everything he initiated. Moreover, he would be embarrassed by things. Moreover, he would be looking all round for the response of things (to his measures). Moreover, he would be responding to the opinion of the multitude as to what was right. Moreover, he would be changing as things changed, and would not begin to have any principle of constancy. | |
| 《詩經·常武》: | 不留不處、三事就緒。 |
| Not delaying [our march], not occupying [the territory], That the threefold labours [of husbandry ] may proceed in order. ' | |
| 《尚書·五子之歌》: | 荒墜厥緒，覆宗絕祀！ |
| Wildly have we dropt the clue he gave us, Overturning our temple, and extinguishing our sacrifices. | |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 是故論《春秋》者，合而通之，緣而求之，五其比，偶其類，覽其緒，屠其贅，是以人道浹而王法立。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 曾子褐衣縕緒，未嘗完也，糲米之食，未嘗飽也。 |
| 《大戴禮記·少閒》: | 服禹功以脩舜緒，為副于天。 |
| 《白虎通德論·蓍龜》: | 或曰：清微無端緒，非聖人所及，聖人亦疑之。 |
| 《新書·諭誠》: | 令去三面，舍一面，而教之祝曰：「蛛蝥作網，今之人循緒。」 |
| 《孔子家語·執轡》: | 食水者善遊而耐寒，食土者無心而不息，食木者多力而不治，食草者善走而愚，食桑者有緒而蛾，食肉者勇毅而捍，食氣者神明而壽，食穀者智惠而巧，不食者不死而神。 |
| 《潛夫論·實邊》: | 雖知禍人，猶願守其緒業，死其本處，誠不欲去之極。 |
| 《論衡·書解》: | 他書與書相違，更造端緒，故謂之非。 |
| 《太玄經·堅》: | 陰形胼冒，陽喪其緒，物競堅彊。 |
| 《風俗通義·五帝》: | 言其，循堯緒也。 |
| 《孔叢子·抗志》: | 今公子紹康叔之緒，處戰伐之世，當務收英雄，保其疆土，非所以明否藏、立規檢、脩匹夫之行之時也。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 於是後聖乃定《五經》，明《六藝》，承天統地，窮事微，原情立本，以緒人倫，宗諸天地，脩篇章，垂諸來世，被諸鳥獸，以匡衰亂，天人合策，原道悉備，智者達其心，百工窮其巧，乃調之以管絃絲竹之音，設鍾鼓歌舞之樂，以節奢侈，正風俗，通文雅。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·釋誨》: | 是以君子推微達著，尋端見緒，履霜知冰，踐露知暑。 |
| 《列子·周穆王》: | 今頓識，既往數十年來，存亡得失、哀樂好惡，擾擾萬緒起矣。 |
| 《鶡冠子·學問》: | 夫離道非數，不可以緒端，不要元法，不可以劊心體，表術裏原，雖淺不窮，中虛外博，雖博必虛。 |
| 《文子·自然》: | 老子曰：聖人天覆地載，日月照臨，陰陽和，四時化，懷萬物而不同，無故無新，無疏無親，故能法天者，天不一時，地不一材，人不一事，故緒業多端，趨行多方。 |
| 《管子·弟子職》: | 居句如矩，蒸閒容蒸，然者處下，奉椀以為緒。 |
| 《淮南子·精神訓》: | 反復終始，不知其端緒，甘暝太宵之宅，而覺視於昭昭之宇，休息於無委曲之隅，而游敖於無形埒之野。 |
| 《呂氏春秋·貴生》: | 其緒餘，以為國家。 |
| 《史記·周本紀》: | 武王即位，太公望為師，周公旦為輔，召公、畢公之徒左右王，師修文王緒業。 |
| 《逸周書·柔武解》: | 維在文考之緒功，維周禁五戎，五戎不禁，厥民乃淫。 |
| 《國語·周語上》: | 今天子欲修先王之緒而棄其大功，匱神乏祀而困民之財，將何以求福用民？ |
| 《鹽鐵論·憂邊》: | 二世充大阿房以崇緒，趙高增累秦法以廣威，而未可謂忠臣孝子也。 |
| 《漢書·敘傳下》: | 北平志古，司秦柱下，定漢章程，律度之緒。 |
| 《前漢紀》: | 乃緒也。 |
| 《後漢書》: | 陛下叡聖，纂承基緒，遭遇厄運，勞謙日昃。 |
| 《周禮·天官冢宰》: | 正其服，禁其奇邪，展其功緒。 |
| 《楚辭·天問》: | 纂就前緒遂成考功 |
| 《焦氏易林·豫之》: | 緒不可得。 |
| 《說文解字·糸部》: | 緒：絲耑也。 |
| 《爾雅·釋詁》: | 舒，業，順，敘，緒也。 |
| 《釋名·釋綵帛》: | 紬，抽也，抽引絲端出細緒也。 |
| 《方言·第十》: | 緤、末、紀，緒也。 |
| 《黃帝內經》: | 故治病者，必明六化分治，五味五色所生，五藏所宜，迺可以言盈虛病生之緒也。 |
| 《世說新語·規箴》: | 王緒、王國寶相為脣齒，並上下權要。 |
| 《顏氏家訓·勉學》: | 或因家世餘緒，得一階半級，便自為足，全忘修學。 |
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