刊 – publish, carve, engrave

5 strokesTaught in grade 5#855 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 刊 means publish, carve, engrave. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 刀 (no. 18).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 刀 (Kangxi radical 18). Components: 刈・干.

Words using 刊

刊行かんこうpublication季刊きかんquarterly publication夕刊ゆうかんevening edition (of a daily newspaper)刊かんpublication創刊そうかんfoundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.)

Example sentences

選挙の結果は夕刊に載るでしょう。

The results of the election will appear in the evening paper.

Tatoeba #141036

日本創刊を果たしたイギリス発のホームレスの人だけが販売者となれるストリートペーパー「ビッグイシュー」について紹介しよう。

I shall be introducing the street paper that is only sold by the homeless, "The Big Issue", started in England and has had its first Japanese issue.

Tatoeba #75816

Kanji with the same radical

分前制初判利別割切副券劇創則削刑

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