Kanji 編: "compilation, knit, plait"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 編

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 編あむto knit; to plait; to braid · to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
• 編へん集しゅうediting; compilation
• 編へん成せいcomposition; formation; organization; organisation
• 編へんcompilation (of a text); editing · volume (of a text)
• 三みつ編あみbraid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
• 編へん入にゅうadmission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
• 編へん集しゅう者しゃeditor (in publishing, etc.)
• 編へん集しゅう長ちょうeditor-in-chief
• 編あみ出だすto think up; to think out; to work out; to come up with · to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.)
• 編へん集しゅう部ぶeditorial department
• 本ほん編ぺんoriginal story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; main part(s) of a story · this volume
• 編あみ込こむto weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)

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