Kanji1 / 15
編 kanji
compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
ヘン
Kun readings
あむ-あみ
Words with 編
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —編隊formation (e.g. of aircraft)
- —前編first part (of a book, film, etc.); first volume; prequel
- —中編second part (of three); second volume; middle part; novella; short novel
- —編制organization; organisation; forming
- —巨編extremely large-scale (literary) work; monster work; long film; epic
- —雄編masterpiece
- —掌編(very) short story or article; short short story; conté
- —韋編leather cord
- —本編original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; main part(s) of a story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series; movie version of a TV series
- —編製establishing (a new family register); compiling (an electoral register, a list of school-age children, etc.)
- —初編volume one; first volume
- —編鐘bianzhong (ancient Chinese musical instrument; bronze bells set in a wooden frame, played with a mallet)
- —編章volumes and chapters; composition; writing
- —新編new edition; new compilation; new formation (of a force, unit, etc.); new organization
- —上編first volume (of two or three); first part
- —下編second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
- —編年chronology
- —副編associate editor; deputy editor
- —力編painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work
- —遺編posthumous writings