编
biān HSK4

knit, compile, edit

编 (編) biān
fabricate verb
to make up, invent, or concoct a story, excuse, or lie

别再为你的错误编理由了。

bié zài wèi nǐ de cuò​wù biān lǐ​yóu le.

Stop making up excuses for your mistakes.

weave verb
to weave or plait materials together by hand

她把头发编成了长长的辫子。

tā bǎ tóu​fa biān​chéng le cháng​cháng de biàn​zi.

She braided her hair into long plaits.

edit verb
to compile, write, compose, or edit a text, document, or musical work

他在出版社负责编这套教材。

tā zài chū​bǎn​shè fù​zé biān zhè tào jiào​cái.

He is responsible for compiling this set of textbooks at the publishing house.

organize verb
to group, arrange, or organize items or people into a specific order or system

老师把学生们编成五个小组。

lǎo​shī bǎ xué shēng men biān​chéng wǔ gè xiǎo​zǔ.

The teacher divided the students into five groups.

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 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
編
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7F16

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