Several parts combine into one character.

組 is a phono-semantic character: 糸 (thread) for meaning and 且 (the original of 祖, ancestor) for sound. Weaving several strands of thread into a cord — from which grew "to braid, to assemble, to organize, an organized group." Its radical is 糸 (thread) seen earlier.

The simplified form is 组, with 糸 reduced to the thread radical 纟 — the form splits by mode.

Korean hanja-sound "jo": 組織 (jojik, organization), 組合 (johap, union / cooperative), 組成 (joseong, composition), 勞組 (nojo, labor union), 組長 (jojang, team leader). It names a group or class, as in 1組 (group 1).

Mandarin: zǔ, 3rd tone. 组织 (zǔzhī, organization), 小组 (xiǎozǔ, small group), 组合 (zǔhé, combination), 组装 (zǔzhuāng, to assemble), 剧组 (jùzǔ, a film crew). Japanese: on-reading ソ (so), kun く.む (kumu) and くみ (kumi). 組 (kumi, group / class), 組織 (soshiki, organization), 組合 (kumiai, union), 番組 (bangumi, a TV / radio program), 赤組 (akagumi, the red team). The Japanese 番組 (bangumi, broadcast program) carries this 組.

Memory aid: weaving several strands of thread (糸) together (且) — from a braided cord to an organized group.