辑

輯
jí
verb #20,856

Meanings

  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to compile
  3. 3 to edit

Examples

HSK 5
Zhè zhāng zhuānjí jílù le tā zuì yǒu dàibiǎoxìng de zuòpǐn.
This song collection brings together her most representative works.
HSK 7-9
Tā fùzé biānjí zhè běn wénjí.
She is responsible for compiling and editing this anthology.

Tips

usage
辑 carries the sense of gathering scattered pieces into one whole. It appears in 编辑 (to edit), 专辑 (album), and 辑录 (to compile).

Components

radical
车 chē
cart; vehicle
Left cart radical, the simplified form of 車. Originally 辑 meant assembling a cart from its parts, the spokes, hubs, and axles fitted together into a working vehicle. From that came the modern senses: to compile an anthology, to edit a book, to gather scattered pieces into one whole.
phonetic
咠 qì
to whisper (here phonetic)
Right 咠, a mouth over an ear, depicting whispering. It supplies the sound qì to jí through a regular palatal shift. The same phonetic frame appears in 缉 to gather, 楫 oar, 揖 to bow.

Stroke Order

辑 jí