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组

zǔ

HSK 6 Character Traditional 組

What 组 means

1. to form
2. to organize
3. group
4. team
5. classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries

Other readings

组 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Zǔsurname Zu

Example sentences

• 组织很大。
  The organization is big.
• 迈克是组长。
  Mài kè shì zǔzhǎng.
  Mike is the team's captain.
• 他们组装飞机。
  Tāmen zǔzhuāng fēijī.
  They assemble planes.
• 谁组织的派对？
  Who organised the party?
• 组织帮助穷人。
  The organization helps the poor.
• 约翰组装了书架。
  Yuēhàn zǔzhuāng le shūjià.
  John built a bookcase.

Words starting with 组

• 组织zǔ zhīto organize; organization; (biology) tissue
• 组成zǔ chéngto form; to make up; to constitute
• 组合zǔ héto assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation…
• 组建zǔ jiànto organize; to set up; to establish
• 组长zǔ zhǎnggroup leader
• 组成部分zǔ chéng bù fènpart; component; ingredient
• 组织者zǔ zhī zhěorganizer
• 组委会zǔ wěi huìorganizing committee (abbr. for 组织委员会
• 组装zǔ zhuāngto assemble; to put together
• 组件zǔ jiànmodule; unit; component
• 组团zǔ tuánto form a group or delegation
• 组队zǔ duìto team up (with); to put a team together
• 组曲zǔ qǔsuite (music)
• 组分zǔ fèncomponents; individual parts making up a compound
• 组会zǔ huìgroup meeting
• 组委zǔ wěiorganizational committee; abbr. for 组织委员会
• 组合数学zǔ hé shù xuécombinatorial mathematics; combinatorics
• 组织学zǔ zhī xuéhistology
• 组织法zǔ zhī fǎorganic law
• 组织委员会zǔ zhī wěi yuán huìorganizing committee; abbr. to 组委
• 组合论zǔ hé lùncombinatorics
• 组图zǔ túpicture; image; diagram
• 组字zǔ zìword formation
• 组合音响zǔ hé yīn xiǎnghi-fi system; stereo sound system; abbr. to 音响

Words containing 组

• 小组xiǎo zǔgroup
• 重组chóng zǔto reorganize; to recombine; to restructure
• 剧组jù zǔcast and crew; performers and production team
• 工作组gōng zuò zǔwork team; working group; task force
• 词组cí zǔphrase (grammar)
• 专案组zhuān àn zǔspecial investigation team (legal or judicial)
• 分组fēn zǔto divide into groups; group (formed from a larger group); subgroup
• 机组jī zǔflight crew (on a plane); unit (apparatus)
• 改组gǎi zǔto reorganize; to reshuffle (posts etc)
• 党组dǎng zǔparty leadership group
• 班组bān zǔgroup or team (in factories etc)
• 小组赛xiǎo zǔ sài(sports) group stage; group-stage match
• 芯片组xīn piàn zǔchipset
• 基因组jī yīn zǔgenome
• 新闻组xīn wén zǔnewsgroup
• 群众组织qún zhòng zǔ zhīcommunal organization
• 成组chéng zǔto make up (out of components)
• 中组部Zhōng zǔ bù(CCP) Organization Department (abbr. for 中共中央组织部
• 数组shù zǔ(computing) array
• 方程组fāng chéng zǔ(math) simultaneous equations; system of equations
• 数据组shù jù zǔdataset
• 资产组合zī chǎn zǔ héasset portfolio
• 小组委员会xiǎo zǔ wěi yuán huìsubcommittee
• 上合组织Shàng Hé Zǔ zhīShanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 诅zǔcurse; swear (oath)
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate

Characters that look like 组

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 绍shàoto continue; to carry on
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 姻yīnmarriage connections
• 妞niūgirl
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 绉zhòucrepe; wrinkle

Sounds the same

Read zǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 阻to hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖ancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 诅curse; swear (oath)
• 珇carving on jade
• 俎a stand for food at sacrifice