音読み: ショク・シキ
訓読み: おる
画数: 18
部首: 糸（いとへん）
Meaning
Weave / Fabric / Organize / Structure
- Basic forms
- 織る — to weave; to knit / base form
- 織ります — weave / masu form
- 織った — wove / ta-form
- 織って — weave and … / te-form
- 織らない — do not weave / negative
- 織れば — if (someone) weaves / conditional
- 織れ — weave! / imperative
- Common uses
- 布を織る — weave cloth
- 物語を織る — weave a story
- More
- 織ろう — let’s weave / 〜よう form
- 織っている — is weaving / progressive
織る（おる） is a godan verb. It literally means “to weave” threads or fabric, and is also used metaphorically for **creating or interweaving elements**, such as stories, plans, or relationships.
- 織物 — woven fabric
- 組織 — organization; structure
- 染織 — dyeing & weaving
- 羽織 — traditional jacket
- 紡織 — spinning & weaving
- 織機 — loom (weaving machine)
- 機織り — hand weaving
- 織り込む — to weave in; factor in
- 製織 — weaving manufacture
糸 (thread) plus the phonetic/semantic element 戠 suggests interlacing threads. By extension, 織 covers both literal fabric-making and abstract “weaving” of systems or 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.
組織 — organization; structure