编

biān

knit, weave; arrange; compile

How to write 编, stroke by stroke

to weave; to plait; to organize; to group; to arrange; to edit; to compile; to write; to compose; to fabricate; to make up

Pictophonetic: semantic 纟 (thread), phonetic 扁

Made of 纟 + 扁

编辑biān jíto edit; to compile; editor; compiler
编剧biān jùto write a play; scenario; dramatist; screenwriter
编号biān hàoto number; numbering; serial number
改编gǎi biānto adapt; to rearrange; to revise
编造biān zàoto compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
编织biān zhīto weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
编码biān mǎto code; to encode; code
主编zhǔ biāneditor in chief
编程biān chéng(computing) to program; programming
编写biān xiěto compile
瞎编xiā biānto fabricate (a story)
编队biān duìto form into columns; to organize into teams; formation (of ships or aircraft)

他编造了一个借口。
tā biān zào le yí gè jiè kǒu 。
He made up an excuse.
你不想做编辑？
nǐ bù xiǎng zuò biān jí ？
You don't want to be an editor?
他编了这个故事。
tā biān le zhè ge gù shì 。
He made up the story.
大家都喜欢什么编程语言？
dà jiā dōu xǐ huan shén me biān chéng yǔ yán ？
What programming language does everybody like?
她忙着编织。
tā máng zhe biān zhī 。
She was busy with her knitting.