組 means “group, assemble”

くみ · kumi

Also: association, braid, plait, construct

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くむ, くみ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソ

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 2 · 11 strokes

The story

Threads (糸) stacked (且) and braided together, like 組紐, Japan's braided silk cords. 組 makes a group: a school class is 3年B組, a TV show is a 番組, and 組み立てる is to assemble.

Used in 番組 (bangumi, TV program), 組み立てる (kumitateru, to assemble), and 組織 (soshiki, organization)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.