編 - Weaving Threads Together Over and Over: KNITTING and EDITING Are Indeed Similar

Readings & Meanings:

あ（−む）

ヘン

to knit, to compile

Common Usage:

編む

編集

Examples:

彼の誕生日のプレゼントにセーターを編んだ。

私は新聞社で編集の仕事をしている。

Translations:

I knitted him a sweater as his birthday present.

I do editing for a newspaper company.

Bonus:

You should all be familiar with 糸 by now. It's the kanji for thread.

So it makes perfect sense that the 糸 radical should be found in the kanji for knitting.

Some of the other kanji that 糸 stitches together doesn't always make literal sense, but mostly you can see some way the idea of a thread works:

• 組 - to unite (a common thread unites us)
• 紙 - paper (paper is fibrous, made of threads)
• 絞 - to strangle (with a thread)
• 続 - to continue (the thread continues)

References:

Easy Kanji, by Fujihiko Kaneda (Amazon Link)
http://www.thejapanesepage.com/kanji/kanji/a.htm