• 編集へんしゅう — editing
• 編集者へんしゅうしゃ — editor
• 編成へんせい — organization; formation; compilation
• 編曲へんきょく — musical arrangement
• 短編たんぺん — short story
• 長編ちょうへん — long work; novel
• 前編ぜんぺん — first part; former volume
• 後編こうへん — 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.

彼かれは 雑誌ざっしの 編集者へんしゅうしゃです。
He is a magazine editor.

この短編たんぺんは 感動かんどう的でした。
This short story was very moving.