刊
刊 — Publish
publish, carve, engrave
On’yomiカン (kan)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 刊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 週刊 | しゅうかん shuukan | weekly publication |
| 創刊 | そうかん soukan | foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching |
| 朝刊 | ちょうかん choukan | morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper |
| 刊行 | かんこう kankou | publication; issue |
| 月刊 | げっかん gekkan | monthly publication; monthly issue |
| 夕刊 | ゆうかん yuukan | evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper |
Study notes
刊 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #855 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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