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刊
栞
kān
1. old variant of [[刊<kān>]]
2. to peel with a knife
3. to carve
4. to amend
Common • Top 11% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

刊
kān
publication, periodical; to publish, to print
HSK 6 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

日刊
rìkān
daily (publication)
书刊
shūkān
books and publications
月刊
yuèkān
monthly magazine
期刊
qīkān
periodical
校刊
xiàokān
school magazine
特刊
tèkān
special edition (of magazine)
发刊
fākān
to publish
刊误
kānwù
to correct printing errors
周刊
zhōukān
weekly publication
刊载
kānzǎi
to publish
刊头
kāntóu
newspaper or magazine masthead
集刊
jíkān
collection of papers (published as one volume)
副刊
fùkān
supplement
创刊
chuàngkān
to start publishing
刊登
kāndēng
to carry a story
HSK 6
刊号
kānhào
issue (of journal)
报刊
bàokān
newspapers and periodicals
刊行
kānxíng
to print and circulate
增刊
zēngkān
additional publication
季刊
jìkān
quarterly publication

Alternate Entries

刊
kān
to print / to publish / publication / periodical / to peel with a knife / to carve / to amend

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,240
Word Frequency Rank
9,579 of 84,292

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