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
Radical: 糸
Reading: いとへん
Meaning: silk
Strokes: 6
Reading: いとへん
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
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
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