• 編集へんしゅう — editing
• 短編たんぺん — short story
• 長編ちょうへん — long story / novel
• 前編ぜんぺん — first volume / part
• 後編こうへん — latter volume / 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.

The kunyomi あむ is often used in its original meaning “to knit” — like セーターを編む (to knit a sweater). The onyomi ヘン appears in terms related to compiling, editing, or book volumes.