刊

See also: 栞, 判, and 刋

刊 U+520A, 刊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-520A ← 刉 [U+5209] CJK Unified Ideographs 刋 → [U+520B]

Translingual

Han character

刊 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一十中弓 (MJLN), four-corner 1240₀, composition ⿰干刂)

Derived characters

• 𬽰, 𫰘, 𫹑, 𭯿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 136, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1865
• Dae Jaweon: page 307, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 323, character 14
• Unihan data for U+520A

Chinese

simp. and trad.		刊
alternative forms		刋

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (干) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
訐	*krads, *krads, *ked, *kad
肝	*kaːn
竿	*kaːn
干	*kaːn
奸	*kaːn
玕	*kaːn
汗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn, *ɡaːns
迀	*kaːn
忓	*kaːn, *ɡaːns
鳱	*kaːn
邗	*kaːn, *ɡaːn
秆	*kaːnʔ
矸	*kaːnʔ, *kaːns, *ɡaːns
仠	*kaːnʔ
皯	*kaːnʔ
衦	*kaːnʔ
簳	*kaːnʔ
擀	*kaːnʔ
旰	*kaːns
盰	*kaːns
幹	*kaːns
杆	*kaːns
骭	*kaːns, *ɡraːns
桿	*kaːnʔ
趕	*kaːnʔ
稈	*kaːnʔ
刊	*kʰaːn
靬	*kʰaːn, *kʰaːns, *kreːn, *kan
衎	*kʰaːnʔ, *kʰaːns
犴	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns
豻	*ŋaːn, *ŋaːns, *ɦŋaːns, *ŋ̊ʰraːn
頇	*ŋaːns, *hŋaːn, *ŋaːd
岸	*ŋɡaːns
鼾	*qʰaːn, *ɢaːns
罕	*qʰaːnʔ, *qʰaːns
焊	*qʰaːnʔ, *ɡaːns
蔊	*qʰaːnʔ
虷	*ɡaːn
旱	*ɡaːnʔ
皔	*ɡaːnʔ
釬	*ɡaːns
扞	*ɡaːns
閈	*ɡaːns
馯	*ɡaːns, *kʰraːn
捍	*ɡaːns, *ɡraːnʔ
悍	*ɡaːns
銲	*ɡaːns
垾	*ɡaːns
駻	*ɡaːns
睅	*ɡʷranʔ
娨	*ɡraːns
飦	*kan
赶	*ɡan, *ɡʷad
軒	*qʰan
蓒	*qʰan
酐	*qʰaːŋʔ
澣	*ɡʷaːnʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kʰaːn) : phonetic 干 (OC *kaːn) + semantic 刀 (“knife”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): kān (kan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kan¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hon¹ / hon²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): han²

• Gan (Wiktionary): kon¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kan¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): kan¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ka̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): kăng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kang⁵ / kang¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹khe; ¹khoe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kān
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kan
    • Wade–Giles: kʻan¹
    • Yale: kān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
    • Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰän⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: kan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hon¹ / hon²
    • Yale: hōn / hón
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon¹ / hon²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon¹ / hon²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn⁵⁵/, /hɔːn³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: han²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /han⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: kon¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɵn⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khân
    • Hakka Romanization System: kan^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰan²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kan¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰan⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: kan¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ka̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: kăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan
    • Tâi-lô: khan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafn
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰan³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kang⁵ / kang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khâng / khang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹khe; ¹khoe
    • MiniDict: khe^平; khoe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khe; ¹khoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵³/, /kʰø⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: kan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰan³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khan

Rime
Character	刊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	苦寒切
Baxter	khan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰan/
Li Rong	/kʰɑn/
Wang Li	/kʰɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	kān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hon1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰaːn/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	刊
Reading #	1/1
No.	3594
Phonetic component	干
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	看
Old Chinese	/*kʰaːn/

Definitions

刊

1. ^† to cut off; to peel off (with a knife)

   • 予乘四載，隨山刊木，暨益奏庶鮮食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     予乘四载，随山刊木，暨益奏庶鲜食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Yú chéng sì zài, suí shān kān mù, jì yì zòu shù xiān shí. [Pinyin]

     I mounted my four conveyances, and all along the hills hewed down the trees, at the same time, along with Yi, showing the multitudes how to get flesh to eat.

   • 畢用桑，長三尺，刊其柄與末。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     毕用桑，长三尺，刊其柄与末。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Bì yòng sāng, cháng sān chǐ, kān qí bǐng yǔ mò. [Pinyin]

     The scoop used in addition was of mulberry, three cubits long, with its handle and end carved.

2. ^† to carve

   • 乃遂封山刊石，昭銘上德。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     乃遂封山刊石，昭铭上德。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Nǎi suì fēng shān kān shí, zhāo míng shàngdé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. ^† to amend; to correct

   刊誤／刊误  ―  kānwù  ―  to correct errors (especially in printing)

   不刊之論／不刊之论  ―  bùkānzhīlùn  ―  indisputable statement; unalterable truth; irrefutable argument

4. to publish
5. publication; periodical

Compounds

• 不刊
• 不刊之典
• 不刊之書／不刊之书
• 不刊之論／不刊之论 (bùkānzhīlùn)
• 付刊
• 休刊 (xiūkān)
• 停刊 (tíngkān)
• 再刊 (zàikān)
• 刊例
• 刊出
• 刊刻 (kānkè)
• 刊印 (kānyìn)
• 刊定
• 刊布 (kānbù)
• 刊憲／刊宪 (kānxiàn)
• 刊期
• 刊本 (kānběn)
• 刊板
• 刊物 (kānwù)
• 刊登 (kāndēng)
• 刊石
• 刊落
• 刊薙／刊剃
• 刊行 (kānxíng)
• 刊誤／刊误 (kānwù)
• 刊誤表／刊误表 (kānwùbiǎo)
• 刊載／刊载 (kānzǎi)
• 刊頭／刊头
• 副刊 (fùkān)
• 創刊／创刊 (chuàngkān)
• 半月刊 (bànyuèkān)
• 叢刊／丛刊 (cóngkān)
• 報刊／报刊 (bàokān)
• 增刊
• 季刊 (jìkān)
• 專刊／专刊 (zhuānkān)
• 年刊 (niánkān)
• 彙刊／汇刊
• 復刊／复刊 (fùkān)
• 新聞周刊／新闻周刊
• 旬刊 (xúnkān)
• 時代週刊／时代周刊
• 書刊／书刊 (shūkān)
• 會刊／会刊 (huìkān)
• 月刊 (yuèkān)
• 期刊 (qīkān)
• 校刊 (xiàokān)
• 機關刊物／机关刊物 (jīguān kānwù)
• 特刊 (tèkān)
• 畫刊／画刊 (huàkān)
• 發刊／发刊 (fākān)
• 發刊詞／发刊词 (fākāncí)
• 精刊本
• 系刊
• 網刊／网刊
• 線上期刊／线上期刊
• 舊刊本／旧刊本
• 試刊／试刊
• 週刊／周刊 (zhōukān)
• 選刊／选刊
• 集刊 (jíkān)
• 雙月刊／双月刊 (shuāngyuèkān)
• 雙週刊／双周刊
• 黃色刊物／黄色刊物

 

Japanese

Kanji

刊

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. publish
2. carve
3. engrave

Readings

• Go-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: けずる (kezuru, 刊る)、きざむ (kizamu, 刊む)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
刊
かん Grade: 5
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 刊 (MC khan).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Noun

刊(かん) • (kan) 

1. publication; publishing

Korean

Hanja

刊 (eum 간 (gan))

1. publication, periodical
2. publish

Vietnamese

Han character

刊: Hán Nôm readings: khan, san, khơn

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