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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

204 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple

Kunyomi: く.む, くみ, -ぐみ

Onyomi: ソ

Composition: 糸 且

組

Radical

Radical: 糸

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Reading: いとへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

組織する(そしきする)   organize

組閣する(そかくする)   form a cabinet

労組(ろうそ)   labor union

組む(くむ)   put together

組(くみ)   class, team, set

一年一組(いちねんいちくみ)   1st grade, homeroom 1

組合(くみあい)   union, association

番組(ばんぐみ)   program (TV)

三人組(さんにんぐみ)   trio

Onyomi Examples

組閣 (ソカク) formation of a cabinet

組織 (ソシキ) organization, organisation, formation, structure, construction, setup, constitution, system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.), tissue, texture (of a rock), weave (of a fabric)

労組 (ロウソ) labor union, labour union, trade union

改組 (カイソ) reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle

Kunyomi Examples

組む (くむ) to cross (legs or arms), to link (arms), to put together, to construct, to assemble, to produce (e.g. TV program), to braid, to plait, to grapple, to wrestle, to unite, to join, to link up, to form an alliance, to set (e.g. type), to issue (e.g. money order)

組 (くみ) class (of students), group (of people), party, team, crew, lot, bunch, set, crime family, organized-crime syndicate, set (of items), assortment, deck (of cards), pack, typesetting, composition

組合 (くみあい) association, union, guild

労組 (ろうそ) labor union, labour union, trade union

文字組み (もじくみ) character layout, typesetting

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