【析形】形声字。古文字形从糸,者声。 【释义】《说文》:“丝端也。”本义是丝的头,又表示丝或丝状物。由丝头引申为头绪、开端,如[端绪]。由丝状物引申表示情绪、心情,如[心绪]、[思绪]。表示统系、世系,又可表示前人遗留下来的未竟的事业。[绪功]未完成的功业,遗业。[绪论]指学术论著的开头部分,一般说明全书的大旨和内容等。 【shape analysis】It is the pictophonetic character. In ancient character the part糸(sī,silk) is as an ideogram and the part 者(zhě) as a phonetic sign. 【original meaning】 The end of thread. It also referred to silk or thin object like silk.