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Kanji Detail for 編 - "to compile, to knit, volume"

編

  • Meaning

    編 means "to compile, to knit, volume."

    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.

  • Words using 編

    • 編成 へんせい Listen composition; formation; organization
    • 再編 さいへん Listen reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
    • 編集者 へんしゅうしゃ Listen editor (in publishing, etc.)
    • 短編 たんぺん Listen short story; short film; short poem
    • 長編 ちょうへん Listen long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film
    • 改編 かいへん Listen reorganization; reorganisation
    • 編入 へんにゅう Listen admission; incorporation; enlistment
    • 編者 へんしゃ Listen editor; compiler

  • Four-character idioms with 編

    • 千編一律 せんぺんいちりつ Listen monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped
    • 韋編三絶 いへんさんぜつ Listen repeated reading; close (careful) reading; careful perusal

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    • Verified meaning: to compile, to knit, volume
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あみ, あむ, ふくじゅ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 編

    Given names 編(あみ)Listen 編(あむ)Listen

    Surnames 編(ふくじゅ)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    hen(ヘン) ヘン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    a.mu(あ-む) あ-む

    ami(あみ) あみ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to compile to knit volume book organize partition sewing thread work edit braid arrange assemble collect compose gather group interlacing order section structure weave write systematize

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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