刊 (kān): to print, to publish, publication
刊 (kān) is a Chinese character meaning “to print.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 干 (phonetic) and 刂 (semantic). It ranks #1235 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 刊 knife. Its radical form 刂 (knife) appears in many related characters such as 分 (fēn, to divide), 别 (bié, to leave), 到 (dào, to reach).
Definitions
- to print
- to publish
- publication
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 刊
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周刊noun | zhōu kān | weekly publication |
| 刊登verb | kān dēng | to carry a story |
| 期刊noun | qī kān | periodical |
| 刊物noun | kān wù | publication |
| 书刊noun | shū kān | books and periodicals |
| 月刊noun | yuè kān | monthly magazine |
| 特刊noun | tè kān | special edition (of magazine) |
| 季刊noun | jì kān | quarterly publication |
| 校刊noun | xiào kān | school magazine |
| 年刊noun | nián kān | an annual |
| 停刊verb | tíng kān | (of a newspaper, magazine etc) to stop publishing |
| 增刊 | zēng kān | additional publication |
| 刊印verb | kān yìn | to set in print |
| 创刊号noun | chuàng kān hào | first issue |
| 刊载verb | kān zǎi | to publish |
刊 appears in 44 compound words: 27 as the first character, 61 as the last, and 11 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 刊 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
这篇文章发表在了著名的学术期刊上。
Zhè piān wénzhāng fābiǎo zài le zhùmíng de xuéshù qīkān shàng.
This article was published in a famous academic journal.
丰盛控股(00607.HK)未能及时刊发年绩 预期4月1日起停牌
fēng shèng kòng gǔ ( 0 0 6 0 7 . H K ) wèi néng jí shí kān fā nián jì yù qī 4 yuè 1 rì qǐ tíng pái
Fullshare Holdings (00607.HK) failed to publish its annual results in a timely manner and is expected to suspend trading from April 1
中国高速传动(00658.HK)延迟刊发2025年度业绩 4月1日起停牌
zhōng guó gāo sù chuán dòng ( 0 0 6 5 8 . H K ) yán chí kān fā 2 0 2 5 nián dù yè jì 4 yuè 1 rì qǐ tíng pái
China High-Speed Transmission (00658.HK) delayed the publication of its 2025 annual results and suspended trading from April 1
新周刊!南宁做司法亲子鉴定的机构名单整理(附2...
xīn zhōu kān ! nán nìng zuò sī fǎ qīn zǐ jiàn dìng de jī gòu míng dān zhěng lǐ ( fù 2 . . .
New Weekly! List of institutions that do judicial paternity testing in Nanning (attached 2...
从忠实读者到副刊作者 不可一日无“世界日报”
cóng zhōng shí dòu zhě dào fù kān zuò zhě bù kě yī rì wú shì jiè rì bào
From loyal readers to supplement authors, there is no "World Journal" for a day
大年初一,浙大发顶刊论文:用人工智能为膜蛋白造“装..
dà nián chū yī , zhè dà fā dǐng kān lún wén yòng rén gōng zhì néng wéi mó dàn bái zào zhuāng . .
On the first day of the Chinese New Year, ZJU published a top paper on the use of artificial intelligence for membrane proteins...
他丈夫打算办月刊。
Tā zhàngfu dǎsuàn bàn yuèkān.
Her husband intends to bring out a new monthly magazine.
这份杂志每个月出刊两次。
Zhè fèn zázhì měi gè yuè chū kān liǎng cì.
The magazine is issued twice a month.
在民主国家，报刊的独立是很重要的。
Zài mínzhǔ guójiā, bàokān de dúlì shì hěn zhòngyào de.
In a democracy, it is important that the press be independent.
我在报纸上刊登了我的房子的广告。
Wǒ zài bàozhǐ shàng kāndēng le wǒ de fángzi de guǎnggào.
I advertised my house in the newspaper.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 刂 (knife) component
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