Kanji

組

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

糸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

ソ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

くむ, くみ, -ぐみ

Nanori (Name Reading)

くみ, くむ

Common Readings

ソ, くみ, く…む

Example sentences

組む くむ
彼と組んで新しい事業を始める。

I will team up with him to start a new business.

脚 あし
椅子に座って脚を組む。

Cross your legs while sitting in a chair.

組 くみ
クラスは三つの組に分かれて作業した。

The class was divided into three groups to work.

組織 そしき
彼はその国際的なNGO組織のリーダーとして活動している。

He is active as a leader of that international NGO organization.

背後 はいご
事件の背後には、巨大な組織の影がありました。

Behind the incident, there was the shadow of a giant organization.

腕を組む うでをくむ
彼はしばらく腕を組んで考え込んでいた。

He sat with his arms crossed for a while, lost in thought.

仕組み しくみ
この機械の仕組みは非常に複雑だ。

The mechanism of this machine is very complex.

図 ず
この図を見れば、装置の仕組みがよく分かります。

If you look at this diagram, you can easily understand how the device works.

番組 ばんぐみ
昨夜、面白いドキュメンタリー番組を見た。

Last night, I watched an interesting documentary program.

テレビ テレビ
昨日の夜、面白いテレビ番組を見た。

I watched an interesting TV program last night.

Example Vocabulary

組む

くむ

to team up; to cross (arms/legs); to assemble

組

くみ

set; group; class; party

組織

そしき

organization; structure; tissue (biology)

腕を組む

うでをくむ

to cross one's arms; to join forces

仕組み

しくみ

mechanism; structure; system

番組

ばんぐみ

program; show

組み合わせ

くみあわせ

combination; pairing; match-up

手を組む

てをくむ

to join hands; to cooperate; to team up

取り組む

とりくむ

to tackle; to work on; to grapple with

組み合わせる

くみあわせる

to combine; to join together; to arrange

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