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U+520A, 刊
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-520A

[U+5209]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+520B]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 18, +3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 一十中弓 (MJLN), four-corner 12400, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

simp. and trad.
alternative forms common misspelling

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *kʰaːn): phonetic (OC *kaːn) + semantic (knife).

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (29)
Final () (61)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter khan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰɑn/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰɑn/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɑn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰan/
Li
Rong
/kʰɑn/
Wang
Li
/kʰɑn/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kʰɑn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
kān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hon1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 3594
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰaːn/

Definitions edit

  1. to cut off; to peel off (with a knife)
  2. to carve
  3. to amend; to correct
      ―  kān  ―  to correct errors (especially in printing)
    之論之论  ―  kānzhīlùn  ―  indisputable statement; unalterable truth; irrefutable argument
  4. to publish
  5. publication; periodical

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. publish
  2. carve
  3. engrave

Readings edit

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC khan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かん) (kan

  1. publication; publishing

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (gan))

  1. publication, periodical
  2. publish

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: khan, san, khơn

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