组 (zǔ): group, to organize
组 (zǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “group, to organize.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 且 (phonetic). It ranks #358 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 组 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lěi, to accumulate), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- group, to organize
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 组
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 组织verb/noun | zǔ zhī | to organize | 5 |
| 小组noun | xiǎo zǔ | group | 4 |
| 组合verb/noun | zǔ hé | to assemble | 5 |
| 组成verb | zǔ chéng | to form | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 剧组 | jù zǔ | cast and crew |
| 重组 | chóng zǔ | to reorganize |
| 组建 | zǔ jiàn | to organize |
| 组装 | zǔ zhuāng | to assemble |
| 组长 | zǔ zhǎng | group leader |
| 机组 | jī zǔ | flight crew (on a plane) |
| 分组 | fēn zǔ | to divide into groups |
| 组队 | zǔ duì | to team up (with) |
| 组织者 | zǔ zhī zhě | organizer |
| 软组织 | ruǎn zǔ zhī | soft tissue |
| 组件 | zǔ jiàn | module |
| 工作组 | gōng zuò zǔ | work team |
| 专案组 | zhuān àn zǔ | special investigation team (legal or judicial) |
| 基因组 | jī yīn zǔ | genome |
| 词组 | cí zǔ | phrase (grammar) |
组 appears in 100 compound words: 30 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 30 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 组 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (9)
short for 上海合作組織／上海合作组织 (Shànghǎi Hézuò Zǔzhī, “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; SCO”)
short for 上海合作組織／上海合作组织 (Shànghǎi Hézuò Zǔzhī, “Shanghai Cooperation Organisation; SCO”)
Example Sentences
这个小组有五个人，负责产品的市场推广。
Zhè gè xiǎozǔ yǒu wǔ gè rén, fùzé chǎnpǐn de shìchǎng tuīguǎng.
This group has five people responsible for product marketing.
组图:太阳风暴来袭时 出现令人惊叹的极光
zǔ tú : tài yáng fēng bào lái xí shí chū xiàn lìng rén jīng tàn de jí guāng
Picture: Stunning aurora appears when a solar storm hits
内塔尼亚胡宣布组建针对穆斯林的新联盟
nèi tǎ ní yà hú xuān bù zǔ jiàn zhēn duì mù sī lín de xīn lián méng
Netanyahu announced the formation of a new coalition against Muslims
考文垂:期待“为奥运喝彩”项目组持续发挥文化桥梁作用
kǎo wén chuí : qī dài wéi ào yùn hē cǎi xiàng mù zǔ chí xù fā huī wén huà qiáo liáng zuò yòng
Coventry: We look forward to the "Cheers for the Olympics" project team continuing to play a cultural bridge
俄外长:俄美已商定建立双边经济工作组
é wài cháng é měi yǐ shāng dìng jiàn lì shuāng biān jīng jǐ gōng zuò zǔ
Russian Foreign Minister: Russia and the US have agreed to set up a bilateral economic working group
洛杉矶奥组委主席涉爱泼斯坦案,市长呼吁其辞职
洛 杉 矶 ào zǔ wěi zhǔ xí shè ài pō sī tǎn àn , shì cháng hū xū qí cí zhí
Mayor calls for resignation of L.A. Olympic chairman in Epstein case.
谁组织了这次会议？
Shéi zǔzhī le zhè cì huìyì?
Who organized that meeting?
谁组织的这场活动？
Shéi zǔzhī de zhè chǎng huódòng?
Who organized this event?
为了参加划船比赛，一支新的队伍组成了。
Wèile cānjiā huáchuán bǐsài, yī zhī xīn de duìwǔ zǔchéng le.
A new team was formed in order to take part in the boat race.
人是由灵魂和肉身组成的。
Rén shì yóu línghún hé ròushēn zǔchéng de.
Man consists of soul and body.
Character Family
纟 Radical Family — Characters sharing the silk radical
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