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編 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
On
ヘンへん · hen
Kun
あ(む)a(mu)
Meaning
to compile; knit; edit

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

糸 "thread" plus 扁 "tablets in a row"; bamboo slips bound with thread into a book — "to compile, knit."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onヘンへんhen編集へんしゅう編成へんせい長編ちょうへん
Kunあむamu編むあむ手編みてあみ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 編集へんしゅう

    editing

  • 手編みてあみ

    hand-knitting

More words with this kanji

  • 編纂へんさん
  • 編輯へんしゅう
  • 編緝へんしゅう
  • 韋編いへん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

祖母(そぼ)がセーターを編(あ)んでくれた。

My grandmother knitted a sweater for me.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

手編み編集編手hand集gather紀chroni…素elemen…経to pas…統to uni…絶to cea…片one si…辺area扮dress…返return変change
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 糸Map of reading ヘンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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