group · assemble

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 組 has 11 strokes and expresses arranging parts together or forming a group.
• Basic usage: 組む is read くむ, and 仕組み is read しくみ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Forming a team and arranging a schedule
  • 友人と二人で組んで means forming a pair with a friend.
  • と marks the partner.
  • 無理のない予定を組む means arrange a manageable schedule.
• A working structure
  • 時計が動く仕組み means the mechanism that makes a clock work.
  • 仕組み refers to the arrangement through which a machine or system operates.