刊
kān HSK6

publication

刊 kān frequency
amend verb
to correct, revise, or delete errors in a text

编辑正在对这部书稿进行最后的刊正。

biān​jí zhèng​zài duì zhè bù shū​gǎo jìn​xíng zuì​hòu de kān zhèng.

The editor is making final corrections to this manuscript.

carve verb
to engrave, cut, or peel with a knife (originally referring to bamboo or wood)

古人刊石以志功德。

gǔ​rén kān shí yǐ zhì gōng​dé.

Ancient people inscribed stone to commemorate merits and virtues.

periodical noun
a publication or journal issued at regular intervals

这份校刊每月出版一次。

zhè fèn xiào kān měi yuè chū​bǎn yī cì.

This school journal is published once a month.

publish verb
to print or publish material in a newspaper, magazine, or other medium

这篇文章刊在当天的报纸首页。

zhè piān wén​zhāng kān zài dāng​tiān de bào​zhǐ shǒu yè.

This article was published on the front page of that day's newspaper.

刊 (栞) kān
amend noun
to correct, edit, or amend errors in a text

刊谬补缺是编辑的职责。

kān miù bǔ​quē shì biān​jí de zhí​zé.

Correcting errors and supplying omissions is the responsibility of an editor.

carve verb
to peel with a knife or engrave into a surface

他把这些家训刊在堂屋的木柱上。

tā bǎ zhè​xiē jiā​xùn kān zài táng​wū de mù​zhù shàng.

He carved these family rules onto the wooden pillars of the main hall.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,241st most common 105.7 per million
Movie subtitles
2,257th most common 12.9 per million appears in 6% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.25 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
18.9 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+520A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)