Chinese symbol for “publication”
刊物
kān wù
publication
The closest CC-CEDICT match for publication is 刊物 (kān wù), defined as: publication.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “publication”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刊 | kān | to print; to publish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 刊物.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周刊 (週刊) | zhōu kān | weekly publication; weekly |
| 刊登 | kān dēng | to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) |
| 期刊 | qī kān | periodical |
| 报刊 (報刊) | bào kān | newspapers and periodicals; the press |
| 创刊 (創刊) | chuàng kān | to start publishing; to found a journal |
| 人物 | rén wù | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc) |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 物质 (物質) | wù zhì | matter; substance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “publication”.
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.