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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

591 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

Kunyomi: あ.む, -あ.み

Onyomi: ヘン

Composition: 糸 扁

編

Radical

Radical: 糸

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Reading: いとへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

編集者(へんしゅうしゃ)   editor

長編(ちょうへん)   full-length novel or film

短編(たんぺん)   short story of film

予告編(よこくへん)   (film) preview

編集する(へんしゅうする)   edit

編曲する(へんきょくする)   arrange (a musical piece)

編成する(へんせいする)   form, organize, draw up

編む(あむ)   knit, braid, compile, edit

編み物(あみもの)   knitting

Onyomi Examples

編 (ヘン) compilation (of a text), editing, volume (of a text), completed literary work

編者 (ヘンシャ) editor, compiler

再編 (サイヘン) reorganization, reorganisation, reshuffle

改編 (カイヘン) reorganization, reorganisation

Kunyomi Examples

編む (あむ) to knit, to plait, to braid, to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.), to edit

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