Kanji N1

織: weave, fabric

織 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning weave, fabric, written with 18 strokes. It is read ショク, シキ (on) and おる, おり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 組織 (そしき, organization) and 織物 (おりもの, textile).

織

Meanings

  • weave
  • fabric
Strokes18
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#608 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ショク
  • シキ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おる
  • おり
  • おり
  • -おり
  • -おり

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 18. Start at the dot.

Common words with 織

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 組織そしき

    organization; organisation; formation

    JLPT N3
  • 織物おりもの

    textile; fabric

    JLPT N1
  • 織るおる

    to weave

    JLPT N1
  • 織おり

    weave; weaving; woven item

    JLPT N1
  • 組織的そしきてき

    systematic; organized; organizational

  • 織機しょっき

    loom; weaving machine

  • 羽織はおり

    haori (Japanese formal coat)

  • 紡織ぼうしょく

    spinning and weaving

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.