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織

weave, fabric

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes18

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

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  • 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

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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.