編

biān

knit, weave; arrange; compile

How to write 編, 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 糹 (thread), phonetic 扁

Made of 糹 + 扁

編輯biān jíto edit; to compile; editor; compiler
編劇biān jùto write a play; scenario; dramatist; screenwriter
編號biān hàoto number; numbering; serial number
改編gǎi biānto adapt; to rearrange; to revise
編造biān zàoto compile; to draw up; to fabricate; to invent; to concoct; to make up; to cook up
編織biān zhīto weave; to knit; to plait; to braid; (fig.) to create (sth abstract, e.g. a dream, a lie etc)
編碼biān mǎto code; to encode; code
主編zhǔ biāneditor in chief
編程biān chéng(computing) to program; programming
編寫biān xiěto compile
瞎編xiā biānto fabricate (a story)
編隊biān duìto form into columns; to organize into teams; formation (of ships or aircraft)

我姐姐教我編辮子。
wǒ jiě jie jiào wǒ biān biàn zǐ 。
My sister taught me how to braid hair.
編程語言是他的嗜好。
biān chéng yǔ yán shì tā de shì hào 。
Programming languages are his hobby.
你想讓我幫你編辮子嗎？
nǐ xiǎng ràng wǒ bāng nǐ biān biàn zǐ má ？
Would you like me to braid your hair?
編字典是一項極花時間的工作。
biān zì diǎn shì yí xiàng jí huā shí jiàn de gōng zuò 。
Compiling a dictionary demands an enormous amount of time.
比爾在編輯部工作。
bǐ ěr zài biān jí bù gōng zuò 。
Bill is on the editorial staff.