(): to edit, to collect

() is a Chinese character meaning “to edit, to collect.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (semantic) and (phonetic). It ranks #1354 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, cart. Its radical form (cart) appears in many related characters such as (chē, vehicle), (qīng, light), (liàng, measure word for vehicles).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to edit, to collect

Etymology & Origin

pictophoneticcart

Decomposition: ⿰车咠 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
verb/nounbiān jíto edit6
nounluó ji(loanword) logic5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
zhuān jíalbum
jiǎn jíto edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc)
tè jíspecial collection
luó ji xuélogic
zǒng biān jíchief editor (of newspaper)
biān jí jiāeditor
wén běn biān jí qìtext editor
kē xué biān jíeditor of a scientific journal, publication etc
chū jí(of a musician) to release an album
měi shù biān jí(publishing) layout and graphics
zé rèn biān jíeditor in charge
hé jícompilation
shù lǐ luó jímathematical logic
mìng tí luó jipropositional logic
jí jíto anthologize
31
Total compounds
13
As first character
55
As last character
32
As middle character

appears in 31 compound words: 13 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 32 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

zhuān
0.780271,444 co-occurrences
luó
0.75250,355 co-occurrences
biān
0.668135,577 co-occurrences
jiǎn
0.62129,400 co-occurrences
zhāng
0.54148,573 co-occurrences
0.42613,260 co-occurrences
bǎng
0.40810,812 co-occurrences
0.4042,328 co-occurrences
0.4027,338 co-occurrences
shì
0.39615,942 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

工作很繁琐,需要很大的耐心。

Biānjí gōngzuò hěn fánsuǒ, xūyào hěn dà de nàixīn.

Editing work is very tedious and requires great patience.

99 健康网Mar 2026

少女第一次做ae一般多少秒正常?熬夜剪会扰乱褪黑素和激素节律吗

shǎo nǚ dì yī cì zuò a e yī bān duō shǎo miǎo zhèng cháng ? āo yè jiǎn jí huì rǎo luàn 褪 hēi sù hé jī sù jié lǜ ma

How many seconds is normal for a girl to do AE for the first time? Does staying up late to edit disrupt melatonin and hormone rhythms?

Nownews今日新聞Mar 2026

经典赛中华队图》30人首度合体!“费仔”、李灏宇秀打击...

jīng diǎn sài zhōng huá duì tú jí 3 0 rén shǒu dù gě tǐ ! fèi zǐ , lǐ 灏 yǔ xiù dǎ jī . . .

Classic Chinese Team Gallery" 30 people combined for the first time!" Fei Zai", Li Haoyuxiu hit...

NewsFeb 2026

...中国资产:A股步入“慢牛”新阶段 驱动逻转向获利成长

. . . zhōng guó zī chǎn gǔ bù rù màn niú xīn jiē duàn qū dòng luó jí zhuǎn xiàng huò lì chéng cháng

... China Assets: A-shares have entered a new stage of "slow bull", driving logic to profit growth

中国军网Feb 2026

军营观察丨“水下编部”的故事

jūn yíng guàn chá 丨 shuǐ xià biān jí bù de gù shì

Barracks Observation丨The story of the "Underwater Editorial Department"

99 健康网Feb 2026

白糖怎么选?与无糖食品选择逻完全不同吗

bái táng zěn má xuǎn ? yǔ wú táng shí pǐn xuǎn zé luó jí wán quán bù tóng ma

How to choose white sugar? Is the logic completely different from selecting sugar-free foods?

Tatoeba

你不懂基本逻吗?

Nǐ bù dǒng jīběn luóji ma?

Do you not understand basic logic?

Tatoeba

我们应该对人使用基因编吗?

Wǒmen yīnggāi duì rén shǐyòng jīyīn biānjí ma?

Should we use genetic engineering on people?

Tatoeba

数学就像物理的逻一样。

Shùxué jiù xiàng wùlǐ de luóji yīyàng.

Mathematics is like the logic of physics.

Tatoeba

我姑姑给了我一张唱片专

Wǒ gūgu gěi le wǒ yī zhāng chàngpiàn zhuānjí.

My aunt gave me an album.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 辑 (jí) mean in Chinese?
辑 (jí) primarily means "to edit, to collect." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1354 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 辑 have?
辑 is written with 14 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 辑?
The radical associated with 辑 is 车 (cart). This radical appears in many characters related to cart.
What are the components of 辑?
辑 is composed of: 车 (semantic), 咠 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰车咠 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 辑?
Common words with 辑 include: 编辑 (biān jí, "to edit"); 专辑 (zhuān jí, "album"); 逻辑 (luó ji, "(loanword) logic"); 剪辑 (jiǎn jí, "to edit (raw footage: film, video, audio etc)"); 特辑 (tè jí, "special collection"). There are over 31 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 辑 (jí)?
Several characters share the pronunciation jí: 机 (machine, opportunity), 鸡 (chicken), 级 (level, grade), 急 (urgent), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 辑 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 辑 and the traditional form is 輯.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.