音読み: ヘン
訓読み: あむ
画数: 15
部首: 糸（いとへん）
Meaning
Compile / Edit / Knit / Volume
- Basic forms
- 編む — to knit; to weave; to compile / base form
- 編みます — knit; weave; compile / masu form
- 編んだ — knitted; compiled / ta form
- 編んで — knit and …; compile and … / te form
- 編まない — do not knit; do not compile / negative
- 編めば — if (one) knits; if (one) compiles / conditional
- 編め — knit! compile! / imperative
- Common expressions
- 本を編む — compile a book
- 計画を編む — put together a plan
- セーターを編む — knit a sweater
- More
- 編める — can knit; can compile / potential
- 編まれている — is compiled; is woven / state / passive
編む（あむ） is a godan verb ending in む. It is used both for **physical weaving or knitting** and for **organizing or compiling** information, plans, or written works.
- 編集 — editing
- 編集者 — editor
- 編成 — organization; formation; compilation
- 編曲 — musical arrangement
- 短編 — short story
- 長編 — long work; novel
- 前編 — first part; former volume
- 後編 — latter part; sequel
The original meaning of 編 is “to knit” or “to weave” together. Over time, it came to mean compiling or editing — combining parts into one organized whole, just like weaving threads. In literature, it also means a “volume” of a book or story.
彼は 雑誌の 編集者です。
He is a magazine editor.
この短編は 感動的でした。
This short story was very moving.
編集 — editing