kān

publication

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
刂 meaning component

  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

is a component form of .

干 sound component

  Sound component

gāngàn

  

interfere

Evolution

刊 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
刊 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
刊 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

kān

publication, periodical; publish; to print; to publish; publication; periodical; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend

() 

kān

old variant of [kān]

Most common words with 刊
Freq.
Word
Meaning

刊登

to carry a story

周刊

weekly

to print

期刊

periodical

报刊

the press

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 6.1669% of movies

2257th most common character in movies

1241st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+520A

Shuowen

“刊,剟也。从刀,干聲。”


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