織
weave, fabric
Readings
On'yomi
- ショク
- シキ
Kun'yomi
- お.る
- お.り
- おり
- -おり
- -お.り
Nanori
- こおり
- こり
- のり
Meaning
織 centers on the act of interlacing threads to create cloth: weaving and the resulting fabric.
Most common words using 織
20 of 228- 組織そしきN3
organization; organisation; formation
- 織りおりN1
weave; weaving; woven item
- 織るおるN1
to weave
- 織物おりものN1
textile; fabric
- 錦織にしきおり
brocade
- 羽織るはおる
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
- 羽織はおりN1
haori (Japanese formal coat)
- 織姫おりひめ
woman textile worker
- 織り成すおりなす
to interweave
- 織機しょっき
loom; weaving machine
- 織り込みおりこみ
weaving into; incorporation; factoring in
- 染織せんしょく
dyeing and weaving
- 豊田自動織機とよたじどうしょっき
Toyota Industries Corporation
- 西陣織にしじんおり
Nishijin silk fabrics; Nishijin brocade
- 機織りはたおり
weaving; weaver
- 絹織物きぬおりもの
silk goods
- 織り込むおりこむ
to weave into; to interweave
- 陣羽織じんばおり
battle surcoat
- 綾織りあやおり
twill (fabric)
- 手織りており
handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand
Study
Etymology
織 combines 糸 (thread) with 戠, a component that likely contributes the sound and relates to marking or recording, together suggesting the patterned interlacing of threads in weaving.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 糸 is thread, and the right side 戠 looks like a complex loom with a needle-like 戈 at the bottom. Picture threads being woven together on a loom to create fabric.
Reading mnemonic
For ショク, imagine a shock of colorful fabric coming off the loom: shock -> ショク, and the woven cloth is so bright it's shocking.