組

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

References

• KangXi: 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

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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 (Jyutping): zou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
• Min Dong (BUC): cū
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘ / cho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsu (T2)

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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)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsu (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sv̩ʷ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡suo^X/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suoX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔX/
Li Rong	/t͡soX/
Wang Li	/t͡suX/
Bernard 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. ^† to weave
2. ^† 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

• “Entry #7749”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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Japanese

Kanji

組

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology

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

Kanji in this term
組
く(み) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Continuative form of 組む (kumu, “to assemble”)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) くみ​ [kùmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝmʲi]

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

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Korean

Hanja

組 (eum 조 (jo))

1. group, team

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Vietnamese

Han character

組: Hán Nôm readings: tổ, tê, tây

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