The kanji 織: meaning, readings and stroke order

織

Meaning: weave
On reading: ショク shoku、シキ shiki
Kun reading: お（る） oru
Strokes: 18
Radical: 糸 silk
Level: Level 5 · grade 5

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: dệt (chức)
Japanese: ぬのをおる。
Korean: 짜다 (직)
Chinese: 织、编织 (织)

Readings, words and example sentences

ショク shoku · on reading · less common

織しょっ機き
loom
昔の 織しょっ機きを見ました。
I saw a loom from the old days.

シキ shiki · on reading

組そ織しき
tissue (of the body), structure
体は細かい 組そ織しきでできています。
The body is made up of tiny tissues.

お（る） oru · kun reading

織おる
to weave
はたで布を 織おります。
They weave cloth on a loom.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.