刊 (hon1 hon2 | kan1) : print, publish; periodical

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刊

hon1 hon2

kan1

[1] [v] print; publish; carry
[2] [n] periodical; publication; journal
[3] [v] delete; correct; erase
[4] [v] carve; engrave; inscribe

Jyutping hon1 is standard reading suggested by most dictionaries, but the variant hon2 is still more popular in daily usage.

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 刀 (#18)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

刊

This word has been viewed 10571 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 3rd Jan 2015 00:44

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週刊 zau1 hon1*2 zhou1 kan1 = weekly publication

書刊 syu1 hon1/1*2 shu1 kan1 = books and magazines

報刊 bou3 hon1/1*2 bao4 kan1 = the print media

期刊 kei4 hon1/1*2 qi1 kan1 (PRC), qi2 kan1 (Taiwan) = periodical

刊登 hon1/1*2 dang1 kan1 deng1 = [1] carry a story, [2] publish (in a newspaper or magazine)

半月刊的 bun3 jyut6 hon1*2 dik1 ban4 yue2 kan1 de5 = semimonthly 國

半月刊 bun3 jyut6 hon1*2 ban4 yue4 kan1 = semimonthly; fortnightly

八卦週刊 baat3 gwaa3 zau1 hon1 ba1 gua4 zhou1 kan1 = a muckraking weekly

色情書刊 sik1 cing4 syu1 hon1/1*2 se4 qing2 shu1 kan1 = pornographic book / magazine

年刊 nin4 hon1*2 = yearbook
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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Decimal representation of this word: 刊
Unicode code for this character: U+520a (off-site link)

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