Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 編(へん) in Japanese

編, 篇
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
へん
Romaji
hen
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix
    Meaning
    compilation (of a text); editing
    Example sentence
    彼は一ヶ月の間に３編の詩を書いた。 He composed three poems in a month.
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix, counter
    Meaning
    volume (of a text)
    Example sentence
    私は今までシェークスピアの作品を３編読んだ。 I have read three Shakespearian works up to now.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    completed literary work
    Example sentence
    その巻末には修辞学と論理学の技法についての２編の短い大要があり、後者はソクラテス式論争方の見本で結ばれていた。 The end of which there were two little sketches of rhetoric and logic, the latter finishing with a specimen of a dispute in the Socratic method.

Examples of 編, 篇, へん in a sentence

Kanji in this word

篇

15 strokes

volume, chapter, book, editing, compilation

On'Yomi: ヘン

Kun'Yomi:

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編 JLPT 2

15 strokes

compilation, knit, plait, braid, twist, editing, completed poem, part of a book

On'Yomi: ヘン

Kun'Yomi: あ.む, -あ.み

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