# 刊

| 刊 | U+520A, &#21002; 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 1240$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (kan$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄎㄢ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): kan$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hon$^1$ / hon$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): han$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): kon$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): khân
    (Meixian, Guangdong): kan$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): kan$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): ka̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): kăng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): khan
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kang$^5$ / kang$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$khe; $^1$khoe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): kan$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: kān
*** Zhuyin: ㄎㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: kan
*** Wade–Giles: kʻan$^1$
*** Yale: kān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kan
*** Palladius: кань (kanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰän⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: kan$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: kan
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰan⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hon$^1$ / hon$^2$
*** Yale: hōn / hón
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hon$^1$ / hon$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hon$^1$ / hon$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɔːn⁵⁵/, /hɔːn³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: han$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /han⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: kon$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɵn⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khân
*** Hakka Romanization System: kan$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: kan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰan²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰan⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: kan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kʰæ̃¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ka̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: kăng
*** Sinological IPA : /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: kang$^5$ / kang$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khâng / khang
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /kʰaŋ³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$khe; $^1$khoe
*** MiniDict: khe$^平$; khoe$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$khe; $^1$khoe
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰe⁵³/, /kʰø⁵³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: kan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰan³³/
* 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/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kʰɑn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | kān |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | hon$^1$ |
* 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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut off; to peel off (with a knife)
    From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd 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.
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd 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.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to carve
    From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
    Nǎi suì fēng shān kān shí, zhāo míng shàngdé. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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
* to publish
* 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

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)
* publish
* carve
* 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 –)
* IPA: [kã̠ɴ]

### Noun

刊(かん) • (kan)
* publication; publishing

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

刊 (eum 간 (gan))
* publication, periodical
* publish

## Vietnamese
### Han character

刊: Hán Nôm readings: khan, san, khơn
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