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编

biān

knit, compile, edit

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 扁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 編.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

扁 sound component

扁  Sound component

biǎn, piān

  

flat

Evolution

编 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
编 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
编 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
编 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

编 (編) 

biān

knit, weave; arrange; compile; to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate

Most common words with 编
Freq.
Word
Meaning

编

to weave

编辑

to edit

编制

to weave

编剧

scenario

编号

to number

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 32.4844% of movies

1014th most common character in movies

858th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

編

Unicode

U+7F16


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