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刊

Traditional: 栞

kān

kān · hon2 (Jyutping)

  1. to print
  2. to publish
  3. publication
  4. periodical
  5. to peel with a knife
  6. to carve
  7. to amend
  8. old variant of 刊[kan1]

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Character breakdown

刊

Meaning
publication, periodical; publish
Radical
刂
Strokes
5
Components
⿰干刂
Cangjie
MJLN
Four-corner
1240.0

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