Chinese symbol for “fortnightly”
半月刊
bàn yuè kān
fortnightly; twice a month
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fortnightly is 半月刊 (bàn yuè kān), defined as: fortnightly; twice a month.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 半月刊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一半 | yī bàn | half |
| 半岛 (半島) | bàn dǎo | peninsula |
| 半年 | bàn nián | half a year |
| 半个 (半個) | bàn ge | half of sth |
| 半数 (半數) | bàn shù | half the number; half |
| 上半年 | shàng bàn nián | first half of the year |
| 月份 | yuè fèn | month |
| 每月 | měi yuè | each month |
| 周刊 (週刊) | zhōu kān | weekly publication; weekly |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.