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Kanji Detail for 編 - "compile, knit, edit"

編

  • Meaning

    編 means "compile, knit, edit."

    1. Compile - To arrange in order; to edit books.

    2. Thread - Binding thread for books.

    3. Volume - A book; a literary work.

    4. Weave - To interlace; to construct.

    5. Counter - A unit for written works.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    compilation; knit; plait; braid; twist; editing; completed poem; part of a book

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    knit, weave; arrange; compile

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to knit, to weave; to arrange, to compile

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Bamboo slips bound together. Confucius reading the Changes. The leather binding broke three times. Seen in (Records of the Grand Historian). Now books are also called 編. | All arranged in order is called 編. Such as 編列 (arrange), 編排 (compile). | To weave. Such as 編蒲 (weave rushes), 編竹 (weave bamboo).
  • Onyomitip

    hen(へん) へん

  • Kunyomitip

    a.mu(あむ) あむ

    fumi(ふみ) ふみ

    tojiito(とじいと) とじいと

  • Strokestip

    15 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords
    compile edit knit weave braid volume book section organize arrange compose assemble collect thread bind stitch plait interweave publication chapter

Sentences including 編

  • I have been busy writing a short story.

  • Tom likes to knit.

  • My sister has been knitting since this morning.

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