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组 zǔ “group” in Chinese

Traditional 組

What 组 means

  1. group
  2. to form (a group)
  3. to form
  4. to organise
  5. team
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries

How to say 组

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale组zǔ3rd tone, dipping

组 in a sentence

  1. 第一组早上学习，第二组晚上学习。

    Dìyī zǔ zǎoshang xuéxí, dì'èr zǔ wǎnshang xuéxí.

    The first group studies in the morning, the second in the evening.

    Sentence #471112 from Tatoeba

  2. 你想加入哪一组？

    Nǐ xiǎng jiārù nǎ yì zǔ?

    Which group do you want to join?

    Sentence #900703 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 我们组一支救援队吧。

    Wǒmen zǔ yì zhī jiùyuánduì ba.

    Let’s form a rescue team.

    Sentence #13942532 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 组 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 组 (zǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
组zǔto form
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 且moreover · qiěSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 且 (qiě) hints at the sound. Compare it with zǔ.

How to write 组

组 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

组 (zǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 组 (zǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 组

Words with 组

组成zǔchéng · to form组织zǔzhī · to organise组合zǔhé · to assemble

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FAQs

组 (zǔ) means “group” or “to form (a group)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zǔ: zǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 组 is written 組. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 组 from the suggestions. Typing zu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
组 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.