Kilo Lingo

(zhī) - weave; organise in Mandarin

zhī

Traditional: 织

Line drawing of 织
Coloured illustration of 织
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Translation

weave; organise

Word origin

A phono-semantic character: the silk radical 纟 gives the meaning of weaving thread, while 只 (zhī) supplies the sound.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
纟 (silk radical) + 只 (zhī, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 织

Examples

máo

She is knitting a sweater.

Organise a trip.

This organisation has existed for ten years.

máo

Grandma is knitting a jumper.

máo

Mum is knitting a jumper.

织 (zhī) means weave or knit on its own, and forms 组织 (zǔ zhī), organisation.

Appears in 1 word

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 织.

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This word is part of lesson 108.