組織

そしき · soshiki · JLPT N3 · noun

organization

🧶 組織 = braid + weave: threads put together into one structure

Both kanji have the thread radical 糸. 組 means to braid or assemble, and 織 means to weave. Woven threads make a fabric, and in the same way people make an organization and cells make body tissue.

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