組

See also: 组

組 U+7D44, 組 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D44 ← 絃 [U+7D43] CJK Unified Ideographs 絅 → [U+7D45]

Translingual

Han character

組 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火月一 (VFBM), four-corner 2791₀, composition ⿰糹且) Form differs between China and Japan

Derived characters

• 𬄗 𦋽

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27374
• Dae Jaweon: page 1353, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3379, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7D44

Chinese

trad.		組
simp.		组

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 組
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːʔ): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔ (zu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zou²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): du²

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chû

  (Hailu, HRS): zu^ˋ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zi¹ / zi³

• Eastern Min (BUC): cū
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zou³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘ / cho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵tsu / ³tsu / ³tsou

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³
    • Yale: dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu
    • Palladius: цзу (czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: du²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˋ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁵³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zi¹ / zi³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sz̩⁴⁴/, /t͡sz̩³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zor
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zof
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsu
    • MiniDict: tsu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ³tsu
    • MiniDict: tsu^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡su³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡su⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡su⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡su³³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡su³²⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡su³⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³tsou
    • MiniDict: tsou^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡səu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsuX

Rime
Character	組
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則古切
Baxter	tsuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suoX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔX/
Li Rong	/t͡soX/
Wang Li	/t͡suX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡suoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	組
Reading #	1/1
No.	10399
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祖
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːʔ/

Definitions

組

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to weave
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a thin, wide silk band
3. to organize; to unite; to form
4. group; team
5. Classifier for sets and series.
6. Classifier for groups of people.
7. Classifier for batteries.
8. a surname
9. (botany, taxonomy) section

Compounds

• 上皮組織 / 上皮组织 (shàngpí zǔzhī)
• 位元組 / 位元组 (wèiyuánzǔ)
• 偽組織 / 伪组织
• 分組 / 分组 (fēnzǔ)
• 厚壁組織 / 厚壁组织
• 固定詞組 / 固定词组
• 基層組織 / 基层组织
• 專案小組 / 专案小组
• 小組 / 小组 (xiǎozǔ)
• 少年組 / 少年组
• 工作小組 / 工作小组
• 抗組織胺 / 抗组织胺 (kàngzǔzhī'àn)
• 拼組 / 拼组
• 排列組合 / 排列组合
• 改組 / 改组 (gǎizǔ)
• 模組 / 模组 (mózǔ)
• 機動小組 / 机动小组
• 機組 / 机组 (jīzǔ)
• 爆破小組 / 爆破小组
• 班組 / 班组 (bānzǔ)
• 產品組合 / 产品组合
• 皮下組織 / 皮下组织 (píxià zǔzhī)
• 皮膜組織 / 皮膜组织
• 神經組織 / 神经组织
• 簪組 / 簪组
• 籌組 / 筹组
• 組件 / 组件 (zǔjiàn)
• 組合 / 组合 (zǔhé)
• 組合式 / 组合式
• 組合服裝 / 组合服装
• 組合菜 / 组合菜
• 組合語言 / 组合语言 (zǔhé yǔyán)
• 組員 / 组员 (zǔyuán)
• 組建 / 组建 (zǔjiàn)
• 組成 / 组成 (zǔchéng)
• 組曲 / 组曲 (zǔqū)
• 組歌 / 组歌 (zǔgē)
• 組甲 / 组甲
• 組畫 / 组画
• 組綬 / 组绶
• 組練 / 组练
• 組織 / 组织 (zǔzhī)
• 組織培養 / 组织培养 (zǔzhī péiyǎng)
• 組織液 / 组织液 (zǔzhīyè)
• 組織胺 / 组织胺 (zǔzhī'àn)
• 組胺 / 组胺 (zǔ'àn)
• 組裝 / 组装 (zǔzhuāng)
• 組訓 / 组训
• 組長 / 组长 (zǔzhǎng)
• 組閣 / 组阁 (zǔgé)
• 組限 / 组限
• 組頭 / 组头
• 結締組織 / 结缔组织 (jiédì zǔzhī)
• 綠色組織 / 绿色组织
• 編組 / 编组 (biānzǔ)
• 美洲組織 / 美洲组织
• 群組 / 群组 (qúnzǔ)
• 腦組織 / 脑组织
• 自由詞組 / 自由词组
• 薄壁組織 / 薄壁组织
• 解組 / 解组
• 解組歸田 / 解组归田
• 詞組 / 词组 (cízǔ)
• 調查組 / 调查组 (diàocházǔ)
• 重組 / 重组 (chóngzǔ)
• 零組件 / 零组件 (língzǔjiàn)
• 霹靂小組 / 霹雳小组
• 骨組織 / 骨组织
• 齡組 / 龄组

References

• “組”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “組”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 組

組

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
• On: しょ (sho)
• Kun: くむ (kumu, 組む, Jōyō)、くみ (kumi, 組, Jōyō)、くみひも (kumihimo, 組)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
組
くみ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
組み

Continuative form of 組(く)む (kumu, “to assemble”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くみ [kùmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟mʲi]

Noun

組(くみ) • (kumi) 

1. class, group, team, set

Synonyms

• (class): クラス (kurasu)

Suffix

組(ぐみ) • (-gumi) 

1. class, group, team, set

References

• “組”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

組 (eum 조 (jo))

1. group, team

Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

組: Hán Nôm readings: tổ, tê, tây

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