Kanji N3

緒: thong, beginning, inception

緒 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning thong, beginning, inception, written with 14 strokes. It is read ショ, チョ (on) and お, いとぐち (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 一緒 (いっしょ, together) and 情緒 (じょうしょ, emotion).

緒

Meanings

  • thong
  • beginning
  • inception
  • end
  • cord
  • strap
  • mental or emotional state
Strokes14
JLPT levelN3
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#952 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショ
  • チョ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • お
  • いとぐち

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 緒

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 一緒いっしょ

    (doing) together

    JLPT N5
  • 情緒じょうしょ

    emotion; feeling

    JLPT N1
  • 緒お

    cord; strap; thong

  • 由緒ゆいしょ

    history; pedigree; lineage

  • 内緒ないしょ

    secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret

  • 端緒たんしょ

    start; beginning; first step; clue

  • 緒戦しょせん

    beginning of hostilities

  • 一緒にいっしょに

    together (with)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.