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Kanji Information Sheet for 組 (
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English: association braid plait construct assemble unite cooperate grapple | On-Yomi: ソ | Kun-Yomi: く.む くみ -ぐみ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread
Henshall Mnemonic: furthermore, threads can be assembled in group
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #204 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #204 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 組 [くみ]
(n) class; group; team; set [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組む [くむ]
(v5m) to put together [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組合 [くみあい]
(n) association; union [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組織 [そしき]
(n,vs) (1) organization; (2) structure; construction; (3) tissue; (4) system [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 組み立てる [くみたてる]
(v1) to assemble; to set up; to construct [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組合せ [くみあわせ]
(n) combination [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 仕組み [しくみ]
(n,vs) (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; (2) plan; plot; contrivance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組み合わせ [くみあわせ]
(n) combination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組み合わせる [くみあわせる]
(v1) to join together; to combine; to join up [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組み込む [くみこむ]
(v5m) to insert; to include; to cut in (printing) [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 枠組み [わくぐみ]
(n) frame; framework [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組み [くみ]
(n) composition; typesetting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組み替え [くみかえ]
(n,vs) rearrangement (of classes); recomposition; recombination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り組み [とりくみ]
(io) (n) (1) a bout (in sports, etc.); a match; (2) effort; initiative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 改組 [かいそ]
(n) reorganization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組み立て [くみたて]
(n) construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組閣 [そかく]
(n) formation of a cabinet [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組曲 [くみきょく]
(n) musical suite; musical selection [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組合わせ [くみあわせ]
(n) combination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組織的 [そしきてき]
(adj-na) systematic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 農業協同組合 [のうぎょうきょうどうくみあい]
agricultural cooperative [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労組 [ろうくみ]
(n) (abbr) labor union [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組成 [そせい]
(n,vs) composition; constitution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 組長 [くみちょう]
(n) boss (yakuza) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 協同組合 [きょうどうくみあい]
a cooperative; a partnership [K] [D] [Jisho] - 乗組員 [のりくみいん]
(n) crew [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信用組合 [しんようくみあい]
(n) credit association [K] [D] [Jisho] - 労働組合 [ろうどうくみあい]
labor union [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.