組 – association, braid, plait

11 strokesTaught in grade 2#204 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 組 means association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソ (so); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is く.む、くみ、-ぐみ (kumu, kumi, gumi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソ	so
Kun’yomi	く.む	kumu
Kun’yomi	くみ	kumi
Kun’yomi	-ぐみ	gumi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 一・糸・幺・小・目.

Words using 組

番組ばんぐみprogram (e.g. TV)組くみclass (of students)組合くみあいassociation組むくむto cross (legs or arms)組織そしきorganization組合せくみあわせcombination組み立てるくみたてるto assemble仕組しくみstructure取り組むとりくむto grapple with組み込むくみこむto insert組み合わせるくみあわせるto put together

Example sentences

今晩どんな番組がありますか。

What's on the air this evening?

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彼はその組の首席だ。

He is at the head of the class.

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もうひと組の観光客が到着した。

Another lot of tourists arrived.

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Kanji with the same radical

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