Meaning
Weave — to interlace threads to make fabric. Also used to mean to structure, organize, or build up a system.
- 織物 — woven fabric
- 組織 — organization, structure
- 染織 — dyeing and weaving
- 羽織 — traditional Japanese jacket
- 紡織 — spinning and weaving
- 織機 — loom (weaving machine)
- 機織り — hand weaving
The kanji 織 combines the thread radical 糸 with the sound and meaning component 戠 (shoku), implying the action of weaving or constructing fabric. Historically, it connects deeply with traditional Japanese crafts and modern structural ideas like “organizations.”
母は 織物を 作っています。
My mother is making woven fabric.
この会社は 組織が よく 整っています。
This company has a well-structured organization.
“おる” is the basic verb for “to weave.” You’ll often hear it in traditional crafts or handloom contexts.
“そしき” is commonly used to talk about organizations, from company structures to biological systems.