织布
zhī bù · to weave cloth
她每天在家织布。
She weaves cloth at home every day.
Chinese character · HSK 5
织 (zhī) — “to weave / to knit”
The left '纟' (silk) signifies thread, while the right '只' provides the sound; visually, '只' perfectly resembles a square swatch of fabric ('口') being worked by two downward-pointing knitting needles ('八').
Memory cue
Take the SILK thread (纟) and use two NEEDLES (八) to knit a SQUARE of fabric (口).
Video mnemonic
Watch 织 in motion
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Common ways to use 织
织 is used literally for making cloth or knitted items, and it extends to arranging separate parts into an organized whole.
编织
biān zhī · to weave or knit
奶奶正在编织一条围巾。
Grandma is knitting a scarf.
组织
zǔ zhī · to organize; to arrange parts into a whole
我们需要组织一次会议。
We need to organize a meeting.
Usage note: Picture separate people or tasks being woven into one working whole.
Inside the character
- 纟 (silk thread) — meaning component. The silk side — often marks thread, fabric, binding, or anything made of fiber.
- 只 (measure word for animals (zhī) / only) — sound component.
Where 织 comes from
A phono-semantic compound (形声字). The left radical 纟 (silk/thread) indicates the meaning related to textiles, while the right component 只 (simplified from 隻) provides the pronunciation.
Don’t mix up 织
These characters are close enough in shape to misread at speed. Telling them apart is a matter of spotting the one component that differs.
- 积 (jī, to accumulate / to amass) — Both contain 只 — the difference is 纟 in 织 versus 禾 in 积.
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