組 | EasyJapaneseE

Today’s #kanji is 組, which is made of its semantic element of #いとへん（糸） and phonetic element of 且 which has the meaning of “piling up.” If you pile up 糸, what will you get?

Meaning: to braid, to assemble, to link up, a group, etc.
Reading: ソ、く（ぐ）、くみ（ぐみ）

組織（ソシキ）: n. (an) organization, formation, construction; 【biology】 (a) tissue
組成（ソセイ）: n. composition, constitution, formation, make-up
改組（カイソ）する: vt. reorganise, to reshuffle
労組（ロウソ）: n. a shortened form of 労働（ロウドウ）組合（くみあい）, which is a labour union, a trade union

組（く）む: vt. to braid, to construct, to assemble; to cross (one’s arms/legs), to grapple, to become a partner (with …)
組（く）み合（あ）わせ: n. (a) combination, matching, a fixture
木（き）組（ぐ）み: n. a wooden frame(work), timbering

組（くみ）: a class (of a school), a group, a set, suit
縁組（えんぐみ）: n. marriage into a family, a conjugal/matrimonial union, adoption
番組（ばんぐみ）: n. 【broadcasting】 program, show