# 組 — team; assemble

組 means “team; assemble”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 11 strokes. On'yomi: ソ (so). Kun'yomi: くみ (kumi), く(む) (kumu). You'll see it in words such as 組む (kumu, “to put together; to cross arms”).

- Meaning: team; assemble
- On'yomi: ソ (so)
- Kun'yomi: くみ (kumi), く(む) (kumu)
- Strokes: 11
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Links & order 2

## How to remember 組

Parts: 糸 thread · 且 moreover

## Words with 組

| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 組む | くむ (kumu) | to put together; to cross arms |
| 組 | くみ (kumi) | class |

## Don't confuse it with

[給](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/salary/) · [紙](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/paper/) · [終](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/end/) · [細](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/thin/)

## More in the “Links & order 2” set

[共](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/together/) · [交](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/mix/) · [反](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/against/) · [組](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/team/) · [次](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/next/) · [係](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/person-in-charge/)

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