TSUMUGU · B2 · 字
緒
緒 ＝ 糹 ＋ 者
ㄒㄩˋ · xù
noun — thread-end, loose end; beginnings; mood
字源 FORM — what the parts do
糹義silk thread
IFTzhě → xù — the sound drifted off the donor
Thread (糹) and 者: the old sense is the loose end of the silk, the tip you find to start unwinding. 者 zhě carries the sound, worn far to xù. From the thread's end: the first thread of a task, then the threads of feeling: 頭緒、緒言、情緒.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一團絲（糹），先找到那個頭——抓住線緒，才解得開。
A tangle of silk (糹) — find the loose end first; catch that thread and it comes undone.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)絲端、線頭— the loose end of a thread
→頭緒、緒言— a starting thread; preface常用
⇒情緒、思緒— mood; train of thought常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension