Chinese symbol for “periodical”
期刊
qī kān
periodical
The closest CC-CEDICT match for periodical is 期刊 (qī kān), defined as: periodical.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “periodical”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报 (報) | bào | to report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply |
| 刊 | kān | to print; to publish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 期刊.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时期 (時期) | shí qī | period; phase |
| 期间 (期間) | qī jiān | period of time; time |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to; to await |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week; 个 (gè) |
| 预期 (預期) | yù qī | to expect; to anticipate |
| 周刊 (週刊) | zhōu kān | weekly publication; weekly |
| 刊登 | kān dēng | to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “periodical”.
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.