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刊kān

publication, periodical; to publish, to print. 5 strokes, radical 刂, first met in HSK 6.

Pinyin kānStrokes 5Radical 刂Band HSK 6Words 1

How to write 刊

Strokes 1–3 write 干, then strokes 4–5 write 刂.

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Stroke order chart for 刊 — 5 strokes, radical 刂

Write 刊 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 刊 · the stroke-order rules

What 刊 is made of

干 (gàn, arid) and 刂 (dāo, knife).

刂 carries the meaning — knife — and 干 carries the sound.

Words that use 刊

报(bào)刊(kān) newspapers and periodicals
指报纸和刊物的总称

官方报刊通报灾情,对停电表示抱歉。Official newspapers reported on the disaster.

Lesson 540, 风雨同舟 · 笃行恪守与时代风云 · Urban Vigilance & Resilient Governance

Characters that share the sound part 干

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

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More characters with the radical 刂

All 20 of them, and what the radical means, on the 刂 radical page.

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