組 — group, assemble, set
くみ
組
group
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
11 strokes
U+7D44
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #204
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1757
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- group
- assemble
- set
- class
word
くみ ・ぐみ kumi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
そ so On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
く ・ぐ ku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Components
Composed of
いと
糸
thread
#120
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 糸 (thread/silk) gives the meaning — things braided together. The right side provides so. A group.