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刊 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「刂」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「刂」
On
カンかん · kan
Kun
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Meaning
to publish; issue

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

干 "to carve" plus 刂 "blade"; cutting a printing block — hence "to publish, issue."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onカンかんkan刊行かんこう発刊はっかん週刊しゅうかん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 週刊誌しゅうかんし

    weekly magazine

  • 朝刊ちょうかん

    morning paper

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

父(ちち)は朝刊(ちょうかん)を読(よ)んでいる。

My father is reading the morning paper.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

朝刊週刊誌週刊誌刊朝mornin…誌magazi…週week判to jud…制system則rule刈reap刋to cut幹trunk慣to get…干to dry甲armour丱child'…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 刂Map of reading カンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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