刊
kān HSK6

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Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 栞.

Components

刂
刂 Meaning component
dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːn

說文解字

剟也。从刀干聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)