Question

版 printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label 2 802 8 91 かた・かたへん 形声 Phonetic Before the advent of printers in Japan, typewriters couldn´t be built as they were in the west due to how many kanji there are. Lots of small printing blocks had to be used instead. One side of the printing block would have a mirrored (anti) image of the kanji. This is true.

Accepted Answer

ハン 出版(しゅっぱん): publication版画(はんが): woodcut; woodblock print; art print版(はん): edition; version初版(しょはん): first edition絶版(ぜっぱん): out of print 5 片: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91)反: anti- 片 4 (none) printing block Nazi propaganda. Picture the printing blocks producing very one-sided (Aryan), anti-Jewish propaganda spreading posters to hang around town.

Kanji	版
Onyomi	ハン
English	printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label
Examples	出版(しゅっぱん): publication 版画(はんが): woodcut; woodblock print; art print 版(はん): edition; version 初版(しょはん): first edition 絶版(ぜっぱん): out of print
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	802
Components	片: one-sided; leaf; sheet; right-side kata radical (no. 91) 反: anti-
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	片
Radical Number	91
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	かた・かたへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	printing block
Koohii Story 1	Before the advent of printers in Japan, typewriters couldn´t be built as they were in the west due to how many kanji there are. Lots of small printing blocks had to be used instead. One side of the printing block would have a mirrored (anti) image of the kanji. This is true.
Koohii Story 2	Nazi propaganda. Picture the printing blocks producing very one-sided (Aryan), anti-Jewish propaganda spreading posters to hang around town.

Printing Print Block 版 ハン Plate Edition Impression

Printing Print Block 版ハン Plate Edition Impression