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刊

publish
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JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. publishRtK
    君の本、いつ発刊される予定？When will your book be published?tatoeba
    1945年刊行。It was published in 1945.wiki
  2. carve
  3. engrave
  1. publication
  2. issue

Popular Usage

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1779

Compound words

刊行かんこう
publication; issue
季刊きかん
quarterly publication
休刊きゅうかん
suspension of publication
月刊げっかん
monthly publication; monthly issue
週刊しゅうかん
weekly publication
新刊しんかん
new book; new publication
創刊そうかん
foundation (of a newspaper, magazine, etc.); starting; launching; first publication
朝刊ちょうかん
morning edition (of a daily newspaper); morning paper
日刊にっかん
daily publication; daily issue
年刊ねんかん
annual publication
発刊はっかん
publication; issue; launching (a publication)
夕刊ゆうかん
evening edition (of a daily newspaper); evening paper
週刊誌しゅうかんし
weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal
既刊きかん
already published
旧刊きゅうかん
back number
近刊きんかん
forthcoming publication
再刊さいかん
reissue (of a discontinued magazine, etc.)
終刊しゅうかん
cessation of publication
旬刊じゅんかん
published every ten days
追刊ついかん
additional publication
發刊はっかん
publication
刊行会かんこうかい
publication society
月刊誌げっかんし
monthly magazine
新刊紹介しんかんしょうかい
book review

Additional Examples

彼は大変ねむくて、夕刊も読めなかった。
He was too sleepy to read the evening paper.tatoeba
彼は新しい月刊誌を出版するつもりだ。
He intends to bring out a new monthly magazine.tatoeba
彼は座って週刊誌を読んでいた。
He sat reading a weekly magazine.tatoeba
彼は近刊の本を批評する。
He criticizes a book recently published.tatoeba
1692年に刊行
Published in 1692wiki

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