漢字城 Kanji Fortress

組 group

Also: assemble

On'yomi
ソ
Kun'yomi
く-む、くみ
Strokes
11
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): く-む.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
組 is written in 11 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Threads (糸) laid one on top of another (且) get braided together — you assemble them into a group.

A common word

  • 組 くみ group / class

Example sentences

  • わたしはいちねんにくみです。

    I'm in class 2 of the first year.

  • ともだちとくんでしごとをしました。

    I teamed up with a friend and did the work.

Don't confuse it with

  • 細 thin
  • 紬 pongee (a Knotted Silk Cloth) N1
  • 紳 sire N1

Kanji that share a part

糸 is its radical. 71 kanji share it in all.

且 is a component. 10 kanji share it in all.

  • 助 help N3
  • 祖 ancestor N3
  • 査 investigate N2
  • 粗 coarse N2
  • 畳 tatami Mat N2
  • 咀 chew N1
  • 宜 suitable N1
  • 狙 aim N1