entries → 刊
TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字
刊 character · C1 (est.)
刊 ＝ 刀 ＋ 干
ㄎㄢ · kān
verb — to carve, engrave; to print, publish; noun — a periodical

字源 FORM — what the parts do

刀義a knife — the blade that cuts
干聲gān — gives the sound
Igān → kān — the g hardened to k
A knife (刀) cuts the marks in — first carving characters into wood, then printing them: 刊印、刊行, and the thing printed on a schedule, 期刊、週刊. 干 gān carries the sound, hardened to kān.
意 · Meanings
(本義)刻、剟— to carve, engrave
→刊印、刊行— to print, publish常用
⇒期刊、週刊— a periodical
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
干gānthe sound part standing alone — a shield, a pole; 刊 sets the knife 刀 beside it to cut刋kāna stroke-variant of the same word — the 干 written one bar short