刊 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
- On
- カン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- to publish; issue
Origin
干 "to carve" plus 刂 "blade"; cutting a printing block — hence "to publish, issue."
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| カン | 刊行・発刊・週刊 |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 週刊誌しゅうかんし
weekly magazine
- 朝刊ちょうかん
morning paper
Example
父は朝刊を読んでいる。
My father is reading the morning paper.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)