kān

old variant of 刊[kan1]

to peel with a knife; to carve; to amend

dry stalk (干) + knife (刂) = carve and trim

刂 is a side-form of 刀 (knife) and carries the cutting sense. 干 mainly lends the sound kān; together they suggest a blade trimming or carving something down.

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Knife (variant of 刀)Semantic
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工匠在木板上刻了一幅画。

gōng jiàng zài mù bǎn shàng kān kè le yī fú huà。

The craftsman carved a picture onto the wooden board.

古人会把文字于石碑上以留存。

gǔ rén huì bǎ wén zì kān yú shí bēi shàng yǐ liú cún。

Ancient people would carve characters onto stone steles to preserve them.

Words with 刊

周刊

zhōu kān

weekly publication

过刊

guò kān

back issue (abbr. for 過期刊物|过期刊物[guo4 qi1 kan1 wu4])

重刊

chóng kān

to reprint

集刊

jí kān

collection of papers (published as one volume)

双月刊

shuāng yuè kān

bimonthly publication

顶刊

dǐng kān

top-tier academic journal (abbr. for 頂級期刊|顶级期刊[ding3 ji2 qi1 kan1])

黄色书刊

huáng sè shū kān

pornographic books and magazines

不刊之论

bù kān zhī lùn

indisputable statement

亚洲周刊

yà zhōu zhōu kān

Asiaweek (current affairs magazine)

停刊

tíng kān

(of a newspaper, magazine etc) to stop publishing

刊印

kān yìn

to set in print

刊正

kān zhèng

to proofread and correct

More characters with 干