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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǔ | zu3
English translation
to form, to assemble; section, department

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹且

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiě

Explanation

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

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
组织 zǔzhī to organize組織
to form
小组 xiǎo zǔ group小組
组合 zǔhé to assemble組合
组成 zǔchéng to form組成
重组 chóng zǔ to reorganize重組
组建 zǔ jiàn to organize組建
剧组 jù zǔ cast and crew劇組
机组 jī zǔ unit (apparatus)機組
组长 zǔ zhǎng group leader組長
分组 fēn zǔ to divide into groups分組
组装 zǔ zhuāng to assemble and install組裝
工作组 gōng zuò zǔ work team工作組
专案组 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial)專案組
组织者 zǔ zhī zhě organizer組織者
软组织 ruǎn zǔ zhī soft tissue軟組織
世贸组织 Shì mào Zǔ zhī WTO (World Trade Organization)世貿組織
党组 dǎng zǔ party leadership group黨組
芯片组 xīn piàn zǔ chipset芯片組
组件 zǔ jiàn module組件
基因组 jī yīn zǔ genome基因組
改组 gǎi zǔ to reorganize改組

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