组

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to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “thread” + 且 sound ( qiě )

Components 纟且

group · Heisig RSH #1345

thread + shelves

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
组合数学	zǔ hé shù xué	combinatorial mathematics; combinatorics
工作组	gōng zuò zǔ	work team; working group; task force
组成部分	zǔ chéng bù fèn	part; component; ingredient; constituent
上海合作组织	Shàng hǎi Hé zuò Zǔ zhī	Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
八大工业国组织	bā dà gōng yè guó zǔ zhī	G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
联合国教科文组织	Lián hé guó Jiào Kē Wén Zǔ zhī	UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
中国人权组织	Zhōng guó Rén quán Zǔ zhī	Human Rights in China (New York-based expatriate PRC organization)
小组	xiǎo zǔ	group
机组	jī zǔ	flight crew (on a plane); unit (apparatus)
组会	zǔ huì	group meeting
北大西洋公约组织	Běi Dà xī Yáng Gōng yuē Zǔ zhī	North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
分组	fēn zǔ	to divide into groups; group (formed from a larger group); subgroup; (computer networking)…
组分	zǔ fèn	components; individual parts making up a compound
组长	zǔ zhǎng	group leader
中组部	Zhōng zǔ bù	(CCP) Organization Department (abbr. for 中共中央組織部\|中共中央组织部[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Zu3 zhi…
冷水机组	lěng shuǐ jī zǔ	chiller
数组	shù zǔ	(computing) array
组合	zǔ hé	to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) c…
亚太经合组织	Yà Tài Jīng Hé Zǔ zhī	APEC (organization)
成组	chéng zǔ	to make up (out of components)

Characters sharing the sound component 且 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
且 sound part	qiě	moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)
助	zhù	to help, to aid, to assist
祖	zǔ	ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
粗	cū	rough, think; coarse, rude
阻	zǔ	to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose
姐	jiě	elder sister; miss, young lady
咀	zuǐ	to suck; to chew
疽	jū	ulcer, carbuncle, abscess
趄	qiè	weak, lame
蛆	qū	maggot
狙	jū	monkey, ape; to spy, to watch for; to lie in ambush
苴	jū	hemp; sack-cloth
诅	zǔ	to curse; to pledge, to swear
殂	cú	dead; to die
沮	jǔ	to stop, to prevent; dejected, defeated
龃	jǔ	irregular teeth; discord
徂	cú	to advance, to go; to; die
雎	jū	osprey, fish hawk; to hold back
驵	zǎng	excellent horse, noble steed