Kanji Detail for 纂 - "to inherit, red cord, to compile"

纂

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
纂 means "to inherit, red cord, to compile."
1. To collect - To gather; to compile into books.
2. Red cord - A braided red string.
3. To inherit - To succeed; to carry on.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

editing; compiling

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

edit, compile; topknot, chignon

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(literary) to compile; to edit (variant of 纂[zuan3])

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to edit, to compile; to tie a knot

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

Woven material like cord but red. | To collect. Han's Yang Xiong wrote the Training Compendium. Meaning gathering character meanings. Now compiling books is all called 纂. Such as 總纂 (general editor), 分纂 (section editor).
Onyomi

san(サン)
Kunyomi

atsu.meru(あつ-める)
Strokes

20 strokes
Radical

糸 (ito・itohen)
Related Keywords
to inherit red cord to compile gather collect compilation editing accumulate assemble braided revising