組

See also: 组

Translingual

Han character

組 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火月一 (VFBM), four-corner 2791₀, composition ⿰糹且) Form differs between China and Japan

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 921, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27374
• Dae Jaweon: page 1353, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3379, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7D44

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Chinese

trad.		組
simp.		组

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 組
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (且) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
虘	*zaːl, *zaː
蔖	*zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ
摣	*rnaː, *ʔsraː
袓	*ʔsjaː, *zaʔ
怚	*ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ
罝	*ʔsjaː
謯	*ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ
姐	*ʔsjaːʔ
抯	*ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː
飷	*ʔsjaːʔ
且	*sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa
趄	*sʰjaːs, *sʰa
笡	*sʰjaːs
查	*ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː
柤	*ʔsraː
樝	*ʔsraː
皻	*ʔsraː
渣	*ʔsraː
楂	*zraː
苴	*zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa
駔	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ
租	*ʔsaː
蒩	*ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa
祖	*ʔsaːʔ
組	*ʔsaːʔ
珇	*ʔsaːʔ
靻	*ʔsaːʔ
粗	*sʰaː, *zaːʔ
徂	*zaː
殂	*zaː
麆	*zaːʔ, *zras
伹	*zaːʔ, *sʰa
蛆	*ʔsa, *sʰa
沮	*ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra
咀	*ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ
疽	*sʰa
雎	*sʰa
狙	*sʰa, *sʰas
岨	*sʰa
砠	*sʰa
坥	*sʰa, *sʰas
刞	*sʰas
覰	*sʰas
覷	*sʰas
跙	*zaʔ
筯	*das
菹	*ʔsra
葅	*ʔsra
阻	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
俎	*ʔsraʔ
詛	*ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras
鉏	*zra, *zraʔ
豠	*zra
鋤	*zra
耡	*zra, *zras
齟	*zraʔ
助	*zras

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaːʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǔ (zu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
• Eastern Min (BUC): cū
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chó͘ / cho͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tsu³
    • Yale: dzǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuu
    • Palladius: цзу (czu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chó͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zor
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cho͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zof
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsu
    • MiniDict: tsu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡su³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsuX

Rime
Character	組
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	則古切
Baxter	tsuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡suoX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡suoX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡soX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɔX/
Li Rong	/t͡soX/
Wang Li	/t͡suX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡suoX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	組
Reading #	1/1
No.	10399
Phonetic component	且
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	祖
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 組

1. ^† to weave
2. ^† thin and wide silk band
3. to organise; to form
4. group; team
5. Classifier for sets and series.
6. Classifier for groups of people.
7. Classifier for batteries.
8. a surname

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

組

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so, Jōyō)
• On: しょ (sho)
• Kun: くみ (kumi, 組み); くみ (kumi, 組, Jōyō); くみひも (kumihimo); くむ (kumu, 組む, Jōyō)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
組
くみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
組
く(み) Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Continuative form of 組む (kumu, “to assemble”)

Noun

組(くみ) • (kumi) 

1. class, group, team, set

Synonyms

• (class): クラス (kurasu)

Suffix

組(ぐみ) or 組(suffix) • (gumi or suffix) [[Category:Japanese
|くみ']]

1. class, group, team, set

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Korean

Hanja

組 (eum 조 (jo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

組: Hán Nôm readings: tổ, tê, tây

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