Hanja Analyzer
刊

刊 — gan

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
새길 간
Romanization
gan
English
publication, periodical; publish
Mandarin
kān
Japanese on'yomi
カン
Japanese kun'yomi
きざむ けずる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#855 of 2,500
Strokes
5
Radical
刀 (18, 3 residual)
Phonetic component
干
Unicode
U+520A

Parts that make up 刊

  • 干 방패 간, 생강 강sound 갈래진 방패막고 겨루는 일. ‘간·한’ 계열의 소리
  • 刂 칼 도variant of 刀 칼날베고 가르는 일. 오른쪽에서 刂 로 쓴다

How 刊 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 刊 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 干, 刀.

Korean example words with 刊

  • 구간舊刊 Korean gloss: 예전에 나온 책
  • 간본刊本 Korean gloss: 인쇄하여 발행한 책
  • 간행刊行 Korean gloss: 책 따위를 인쇄하여 발행함
  • 석간夕刊 Korean gloss: 매일 저녁때에 발행되는 신문
  • 조간朝刊 Korean gloss: 날마다 아침에 발행하는 신문
  • 신간新刊 Korean gloss: 책을 새로 간행함. 또는 그 책
  • 월간月刊 Korean gloss: 한 달에 한 번씩 발행하는 잡지
  • 근간近刊 Korean gloss: 최근에 출판함. 또는 그런 간행물
  • 완간完刊 Korean gloss: 총서나 전집 따위를 빠진 것 없이 모두 발간함
  • 미간未刊 Korean gloss: 책 따위가 아직 간행되지 않음. 또는 그런 간행물
  • 복간復刊 Korean gloss: 간행을 중지하거나 폐지하고 있던 출판물을 다시 간행함
  • 간기刊記 Korean gloss: 동양의 간행본에서, 출판한 때ㆍ곳ㆍ간행자 따위를 적은 부분

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 刊

  • 週刊しゅうかん weekly publication
  • 創刊そうかん foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching
  • 朝刊ちょうかん morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
  • 刊行かんこう publication; issue
  • 月刊げっかん monthly publication; monthly issue
  • 夕刊ゆうかん evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper
  • 日刊にっかん daily publication; daily issue
  • 新刊しんかん new book; new publication
  • 季刊きかん quarterly publication
  • 休刊きゅうかん suspension of publication
  • 発刊はっかん publication; issue; launching (a publication)
  • 年刊ねんかん annual publication

Characters sharing the phonetic 干

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “간”

Other hanja with radical 刀

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