纂
editing, compiling
Readings
On'yomi
- サン
Kun'yomi
- あつ.める
Meaning
纂 centers on gathering and arranging written material into a finished whole: editing and compiling texts.
Most common words using 纂
- 編纂へんさん
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
- 史料編纂しりょうへんさん
historiography
- 史料編纂所しりょうへんさんじょ
Historiographical Institute (University of Tokyo)
- 編纂所へんさんじょ
editorial office
- 編纂者へんさんしゃ
editor; compiler
- 纂述さんじゅつ
gathering and writing up material
- 雑纂ざっさん
miscellaneous collection
- 類纂るいさん
collection of similar objects; classification by similarity
Study
Etymology
纂 combines 竹 (bamboo) with 算, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of arranging or calculating. Historically, it referred to compiling bamboo slips into a text.
Meaning mnemonic
The bamboo top 竹 suggests writing materials, and the lower part looks like threads 糸 being woven together. Picture editing a text by tying bamboo strips into a compiled book.
Reading mnemonic
For サン, imagine compiling a text under the sun: sun -> サン, and the light helps you edit the bamboo strips.