刊 means “publish, edition”

かん · kan

Also: carve, engrave

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カン

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 5 strokes

The story

A knife (刂) carving a block smooth, with 干 lending the sound: 刊 first meant to carve, and carved blocks printed books. 朝刊 and 夕刊 are the morning and evening papers, and 週刊誌 the weekly magazines racked in every convenience store.

Used in 朝刊 (choukan, morning paper), 夕刊 (yuukan, evening paper), and 週刊誌 (shuukanshi, weekly magazine)

More from Print & Publishing

• 巻 roll
• 章 chapter
• 冊 counter for books
• 刷 print
• 詞 word
• 録 record
• 編 edit
• 印 seal
• 版 edition
• 著 author
• 誌 magazine

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.