編
biān HSK4

knit, compile, edit

编 編 biān
to compose verb
to write; to compose; to create works such as scripts, songs, or dances

他们总是编歌曲。

tā​men zǒng​shì biān gē​qǔ.

They're always making up songs.

to edit nounverb
to edit; to compile; to collect and process materials for publication
to fabricate verb
to fabricate; to make up; to invent lies or stories

听起来是乱编的。

tīng qi​lai shì luàn biān de.

That sounds made-up.

to organize verbnoun
to organize; to group; to arrange in a specific order or sequence
to weave verb
to weave; to plait; to braid; to knit together long, thin strips of material

我们编辫子吧。

wǒ​men biān biàn​zi ba.

Let's braid our hair.

volume
(bound form) a book; a volume (often used in book titles or formal contexts)
authorized strength
(bound form) the established number of personnel or organizational structure of a unit
surname
a Chinese surname
leather thongs
leather thongs or cords used to bind bamboo slips into a book in ancient China
part
measure word for a major division of a book, usually consisting of several chapters

Frequency
Character
Written text
858th most common 206.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,014th most common 103.1 per million appears in 32% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
57.9 per million appears in 14% of films
Written text
54.7 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
编
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+7DE8

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)