織 — 18 strokes / Radical「糸」
道6Elementary year 5 / 18 strokes / Radical「糸」
- On
- ショク・シキしょく・しき · shoku · shiki
- Kun
- お(る)o(ru)
- Meaning
- to weave; fabric
Stroke order
Origin
糸 "thread" plus 戠 "to interlock"; warp and weft crossed into cloth — hence "to weave."
Readings and examples
| Onショクしょくshoku | 織機しょっき染織せんしょく紡織ぼうしょく |
|---|---|
| Onシキしきshiki | 組織そしき |
| Kunおるoru | 織るおる織物おりもの |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 組織そしき
organisation; tissue
- 毛織物けおりもの
woollen fabric
- 畝織うねおり
- 綾織りあやおり
- 機織りはたおり
Example
祖母は布を織るのが上手だ。
My grandmother is good at weaving cloth.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
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Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)