緒 (seoi5 | xu4) : beginnings; mental state; remnants

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緒

seoi5

xu4

[1] beginning; commencement; clue
[2] mental/emotional state; mood
[3] remnants; remains; leftovers
[4] task; cause; undertaking

Stroke count: 14

Level: 3

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

緒 / 绪

This word has been viewed 6511 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Jun 2011 00:41

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光緒帝 gwong1 seoi5 dai3 guang1 xu4 di4 = Guangxu Emperor of Qing Dynasty

光緒 gwong1 seoi5 guang1 xu4 = reign name of penultimate Qing emperor Guangxu (1875-1908)

思緒 si1 seoi5 si1 xu4 = train of thought

情緒 cing4 seoi5 qing2 xu4 = emotion; mood; depression; feeling

頭緒 tau4 seoi5 tou2 xu4 = clue; main threads

愁緒 sau4 seoi5 chou2 xu4 = gloomy; melancholy

情緒化 cing4 seoi5 faa3 qing2 xu4 hua4 = emotional; sentimental

就緒 zau6 seoi5 jiu4 xu4 = ready; in order

心緒不寧 sam1 seoi5 bat1 ning4 xin1 xu4 bu4 ning2 = feel unsettled

情緒商數 cing4 seoi5 soeng1 sou3 qing2 xu4 shang1 shu4 = emotional quotient
See all 16 compounds (CantoDict reports 13 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

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Decimal representation of this word: 緒
Unicode code for this character: U+7dd2 (off-site link)

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