刊 kān publication
publication; periodical; to publish; to print
How to remember 刊: 干 do + 刂 knife = publication. Not sure what else to do with his signed copy, grandpa trims the page with a knife and tells everyone "I'm in a real publication!"
Component breakdown
刊 = 干 do + 刂 knife
- 干 do
- 刂 knife
Not sure what else to do with his signed copy, grandpa trims the page with a knife and tells everyone "I'm in a real publication!"
How it is used
- Relates to publishing/periodicals - 报刊 (bàokān) newspapers and periodicals; 刊物 (kānwù) a publication; 期刊 (qīkān) journal.
- As a verb, 'to carry/print (a story)': 刊登 (kāndēng) publish (an article/ad), 刊载 (kānzǎi) run in print.