刊 Strokes Write it Listen 刊 kān publication, periodical; to publish, to print HSK 6 5 strokes Radical 刂 Sound + meaning 3 words Built from干soundgànarid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade刂meaningdāoknife How it works刂 hints at the meaning (knife), and 干 gàn hints at the sound.