How to Write 辑 (jí) — Meaning “To edit; to compile.”

Imagine a vehicle (车) that collects (咠) papers and arranges them into an album. The right part 咠 looks like a mouth (口) above an ear (耳), so picture an editor using their mouth to give orders and an ear to listen, while sitting in a car.

Start with the 车 radical: write the top horizontal, then the left-falling stroke, then the vertical, and finally the bottom horizontal. For the right side 咠, write the small 口 first (three strokes), then the 耳 below (six strokes). A common mistake is making the right side too tall or misaligning the mouth above the ear.

辑 has 车 on the left and 咠 on the right, meaning 'to edit' or 'album'. 毂 has 车 on the left and 殳 on the right, meaning 'hub of a wheel'. 舆 has 车 surrounded by other components (臼 and 一 and 八) and means 'carriage' or 'public opinion'. Visually, 辑's right side has a clear mouth-on-ear shape, while the others do not.

辑 is common in words like 编辑 (biān jí, 'to edit' or 'editor') and 专辑 (zhuān jí, 'album'). It also appears in 逻辑 (luó jí, 'logic'), a loanword from English. In everyday life, 辑 is used for compiling music albums, editing documents, and discussing logical reasoning.

Common words containing 辑 include: 编辑 (biān jí) — to edit; editor; 专辑 (zhuān jí) — album; 逻辑 (luó jí) — logic.