版 means “edition, printing block”

はん · han

Also: printing plate, impression

On'yomi (Chinese reading): ハン

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 8 strokes

The story

A slice of wood (片) turned over (反) onto paper: a printing block. 出版 is publishing, 初版 a first edition, and 版画 is a print, like Hokusai's Great Wave, pressed from carved blocks of wood.

Used in 出版 (shuppan, publishing), 版画 (hanga, woodblock print), and 初版 (shohan, first edition)

版 means “edition, printing block”

The story

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