The kanji 織 primarily means "to weave" or "weaving." It represents the act of interlacing threads to create fabric, cloth, or textiles. It also extends to the finished product, referring to the woven material itself.

・On-yomi (音読み): ショク (shoku) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): お (o) - This is used in the verb form 織る (oru), meaning "to weave."

⚫︎ 織物 (orimono) Translation: Textiles; woven goods. ⚫︎ 織田信長 (Oda Nobunaga) Translation: Oda Nobunaga (a famous historical figure). The name contains the kanji for "weave" or "woven land," likely referring to the area or land associated with the family. ⚫︎ 機織り (hataori) Translation: Weaving.

The kanji 織 is a phono-semantic compound (形声文字, keisei moji). The left side (偏, hen) is the "糸" radical (糸部, ito-hen), representing "silk thread." The right side (旁, tsukuri) is 戠 which provides the phonetic component, indicating the sound. Together, they create a visual representation of the process of using threads to weave cloth. The development shows the evolution of weaving techniques and the importance of textiles in ancient societies.