編 (biān)

to weave; to compile; to edit; to make up (a story)

How 編 is written

Strokes
15
Radical
糹 — silk
Traditional
編
Simplified
编

Components

  • 糹 silk
  • 户 door/house
  • 冂 upside down box
  • 艹 grass

Common words using 編

改編 gǎibiān
to adapt; to rearrange; to revise
編劇 biānjù
to write a play; scenario; dramatist
編織 biānzhī
to weave; to knit; to plait
編輯 biānjí
to edit; to compile; editor
主編 zhǔbiān
editor in chief
匯編 huìbiān
collection; compilation; compile
彙編 huìbiān
collection; compilation; compile
編寫 biānxiě
to compile
編導 biāndǎo
to write and direct (a play, film etc); playwright-director; choreographer-director
編成 biānchéng
to organize; to put together; to edit
編排 biānpái
to arrange; to lay out
編曲 biānqǔ
to compose (music); arrangement

編 in a sentence

這本雜誌是誰編輯的?

Zhè běn zázhì shì shéi biānjí de?

“Who edited this magazine?”

How common is 編?

編 is the 856th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.5% of all running text.

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