Taxonomy of meanings for 編:　　

Additional information about 編

說文解字: 【編】，次𥳑也。从糸、扁聲。 【布玄切】

Criteria
• WRITE
  

  1. The standard current word for writing something down or noting it down is shū 書, and this word can never refer to an act of literary creation.

  2. Zhù 著 and zhuàn 撰 are late words referring to the act of writing of a text.

  3. Xiě 寫 refers to copying and transcribing rather than writing as such.

  4. Lù 錄, zhì 志, and jì 記 refer to the act of recording, formally or informally.

  5. Biān 編, lí 離, and zhǔ 屬 refer to the compilation of texts.

• BOOK VOLUME
  

  1. Piān 篇 refers to any series of writing tablets strung together in the right order that represent some complete piece of writing.

  2. Biān 編 refers to any writing tablets strung together in the right order, and the word is often used as a very for arranging tablets in the right order.

  3. Cè 策／冊 refers to a bundle of writing tablets of any kind.

  4. Juàn 卷 refers originally to a roll of silk, especially inscribed silk, and by Han times the word came to refer to any roll of written material, including a roll of writing tablets strung together.