Meaning
to form; compose; make up; group; to organize; cord
Chinese: 组合、小组或组织。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “zu” becomes a different word in each tone. 组 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 小组xiǎo zǔgroup
- 组成zǔ chéngto form; to make up; to constitute
- 组长zǔ zhǎnggroup leader
- 组合zǔ héto assemble; to combine; to compose; combination
- 分组fēn zǔto divide into groups; group (formed from a larger group); subgroup; (computer networking) packet
Example Sentence
老师把我们分成了四个小组。Lǎo shī bǎ wǒ men fēn chéng le sì ge xiǎo zǔ.The teacher divided us into four small groups.
老师Lǎo shīteacher把bǎ(marks the object)我们wǒ menwe分成fēn chéngto divide (into)了le(completed action)四sìfour个ge(measure word)小组xiǎo zǔgroup。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The silk radical 纟 plus 且 (sound): originally a woven cord/ribbon — ‘to organize, form, group; a group, team, set; the measure word for sets’ (组织, 小组, 一组). Simplified from 組.
A way to remember it
Threads (纟) woven together — to form a group, a set.