| 结缔组织 | jié dì zǔ zhī | connective tissue | 
| 结 | jiē | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2] | 
| 结 | jié | knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel) | 
| 缔 | dì | (archaic) to bind up inextricably / (bound form) to form an enduring union; to establish (an alliance, a friendship, a nation etc) | 
| 组 | Zǔ | surname Zu | 
| 组 | zǔ | to form / to organize / group / team / classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries | 
| 组织 | zǔ zhī | to organize / organization / (biology) tissue / (textiles) weave / CL:个 | 
| 织 | zhī | to weave |