织

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to weave; to knit

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HSK 3.0: Level 5
Old HSK: Level 5
Strokes: 8
Radical: 糸 +5
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 織
Common rank: #629
Unicode: U+7EC7

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Formation & memory

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How 织 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 meaning “thread” + 只 sound ( zhī )

Components 纟只

How to remember it

weave · Heisig RSH #1080

thread + 口 mouth + animal legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 织

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
织金县	Zhī jīn Xiàn	Zhijin, a county in Bijie City 畢節市\|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou
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)
北大西洋公约组织	Běi Dà xī Yáng Gōng yuē Zǔ zhī	North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
织布机	zhī bù jī	loom
亚太经合组织	Yà Tài Jīng Hé Zǔ zhī	APEC (organization)
游人如织	yóu rén rú zhī	crowded with visitors; packed with tourists
国际海事组织	Guó jì Hǎi shì Zǔ zhī	International Maritime Organization
分生组织	fēn shēng zǔ zhī	meristem
集体安全条约组织	Jí tǐ Ān quán Tiáo yuē Zǔ zhī	Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
亚太经济合作组织	Yà Tài Jīng jì Hé zuò Zǔ zhī	Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation organization; APEC
教科文组织	Jiào Kē Wén Zǔ zhī	UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
上合组织	Shàng Hé Zǔ zhī	Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
世界海关组织	Shì jiè Hǎi guān Zǔ zhī	World Customs Organization
基地组织	Jī dì Zǔ zhī	Al-Qaeda
毛织物	máo zhī wù	woolen textiles
美洲国家组织	Měi zhōu Guó jiā Zǔ zhī	Organization of American States
织女星	Zhī nǚ xīng	Vega, brightest star in constellation Lyra 天琴星座

Sound family

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
只 sound part	zhī	only, merely, just
识	shí	knowledge; to understand, to recognize, to know
积	jī	to store up, to amass, to accumulate
职	zhí	duty, profession; office, post
炽	chì	to burn, to blaze; splendid; intense
帜	zhì	flag, pennant, sign; to fasten
咫	zhǐ	unit of length used during the Zhou dynasty
枳	zhǐ	trifoliate orange; hedge thorn
轵	zhǐ	the end of an axle that extends beyond the hub