刊

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to print; to publish; publication; periodical; to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

刂 meaning “knife” + 干 sound ( gān )

Components 干刂

publication · Heisig RSH #2639

clothesline + saber

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
黄色书刊	huáng sè shū kān	pornographic books and magazines
不刊之论	bù kān zhī lùn	indisputable statement; unalterable truth
发刊词	fā kān cí	foreword; preface (to a publication)
查理周刊	Chá lǐ Zhōu kān	Charlie Hebdo (French magazine)
新闻周刊	Xīn wén Zhōu kān	Newsweek magazine
新闻周刊	Xīn wén Zhōu kān	Newsweek magazine; also written 新聞周刊\|新闻周刊
亚洲周刊	Yà zhōu Zhōu kān	Asiaweek (Asian current affairs magazine, 1975–2001)
半月刊	bàn yuè kān	fortnightly; twice a month
双月刊	shuāng yuè kān	bimonthly publication
刊首语	kān shǒu yǔ	foreword; preface
简氏防务周刊	Jiǎn shì fáng wù zhōu kān	Jane's defense weekly
刊头	kān tóu	newspaper or magazine masthead
刊行	kān xíng	to print and circulate
刊发	kān fā	(of a newspaper or magazine) to publish (an article, story, report etc); to carry
发刊	fā kān	to publish; to put out (a document)
刊物	kān wù	publication
特刊	tè kān	special edition (of magazine)
日刊	rì kān	daily (publication)
外刊	wài kān	foreign-published periodical
重刊	chóng kān	to reprint

Characters sharing the sound component 干 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
干 sound part	gān	arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
杆	gān	cane, pole, stick
汗	hàn	perspiration, sweat
奸	jiān	crafty, dishonest, selfish; evil, villainous; adultery
肝	gān	liver
赶	gǎn	to pursue, to overtake; to hurry; to expel
竿	gān	bamboo pole; penis
轩	xuān	pavilion; carriage; balcony
鼾	hān	to snore loudly
矸	gān	cliff; rock
邗	hán	an ancient place in the state of Wu
旰	gàn	sunset, dusk; evening
犴	àn	wild dog; jail, lock-up
豻	àn	prison, jail; a wild dog
酐	gān	anhydride