重组
chóng zǔ · HSK 6
to reorganize
🔄 重 (chóng, again) + 组 (zǔ, group/assemble) = re-group, reorganize
重 means again/repeat (also 'heavy' as zhòng); 组 means group or to assemble (the 纟 silk radical hints at binding threads together). Combined: to assemble again — reorganize or recombine.
重 — person 人 + east 東 (phonetic)
Originally depicted a person carrying a heavy bundle on their back, suggesting weight and burden. The 東-like element served as a phonetic component. Over time the character split into two readings: zhòng meaning 'heavy' and chóng meaning 'repeat/again'.
组 — silk radical 糹 + 且 (zǔ phonetic)
组 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The silk radical 糹 signals the original meaning of weaving or braiding cords of silk threads together, while 且 supplies the sound zǔ. From 'braided cord' the meaning extended to 'group' or 'to organize,' since braiding bundles strands into one unit.