Question

刊 publish, carve, engrave 2 855 5 18 かたな・りっとう 形声 Phonetic The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry and then cut down with a sabre to be published.

Accepted Answer

カン 創刊(そうかん): launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue刊行(かんこう): publication; issue夕刊(ゆうかん): evening paper季刊(きかん): quarterly (e.g. magazine) 5 干: dry; parch刀: sword; saber; knife 刀 2 (none) publish The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry. This gives the government a chance to censor the news: they cut up unwanted stories with a sabre. Therefore, only state-approved stories are published.

Kanji	刊
Onyomi	カン
English	publish, carve, engrave
Examples	創刊(そうかん): launching (e.g. newspaper); first issue 刊行(かんこう): publication; issue 夕刊(ゆうかん): evening paper 季刊(きかん): quarterly (e.g. magazine)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	855
Components	干: dry; parch 刀: sword; saber; knife
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	刀
Radical Number	18
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	かたな・りっとう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	publish
Koohii Story 1	The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry and then cut down with a sabre to be published.
Koohii Story 2	The newspaper pages are hung on the clotheseline to dry. This gives the government a chance to censor the news: they cut up unwanted stories with a sabre. Therefore, only state-approved stories are published.

E.G Issue Newspaper Pages Hung Clotheseline Cut Published