class

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

且 sound component

  Sound component

qiě

  

moreover

Evolution

组 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
组 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
组 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
组 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
组 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

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

() 

surname Zu

Most common words with 组
Freq.
Word
Meaning

组织

to organize

to form

小组

group

组合

to assemble

组成

to form