組

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

组

🇨🇳

group

HSK 10 N2

Human →Relations →Groups

zǔ

ソ

く.む、くみ、-ぐみ

조

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 且 represents the sound.

Components

糹 silk+ 且 moreover =

組 group

糹 Meaning component

mì

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

且 Phonetic component

qiě moreover

moreover, also (post-subject)

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

组

Regular

Modern

Chinese

组 / 組 [Zǔ]

surname Zu

组 / 組 [zǔ]

to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries

Japanese

組、組みくみ同音

noun

class (of students) (pronounced ぐみ as a suffix)
group (of people); party; team; crew
lot; bunch; set
crime family; organized-crime syndicate
set (of items); assortment; deck (of cards); pack
printing typesetting; composition

Korean

조 [組]

Noun

group; A collection of a relatively small number of persons gathered together for a purpose.; group; A unit of counting a collection of a small number of people.; unit; A word that refers to a small group that is formed to perform a certain duty or role.

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (2)

彼はその組の首席だ。

He is at the head of the class.

もうひと組の観光客が到着した。

Another lot of tourists arrived.

Japanese Names

組くみ

Kumi surname

組たかぐみ

Takagumi surname

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