Phono-semantic compound:
刀 (도, “knife”) – provides the meaning (cutting or carving with a blade);
干 (간, “shield”) – provides the sound.

刊 combines 刀 and 干, literally evoking the act of cutting or carving.
From the idea of carving text into wood or stone, the meaning expanded to publishing written works.

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Words

Vocabulary

cold, cool, chill

to extinguish, to vanish, to die out, to disappear

to freeze, to be cold

convex, protruding, raised

concave, sunken, hollowed

to go out, to come forth, to emerge

a box, case, container

to divide, to separate, to apportion

to carve, to engrave, to publish

punishment, penalty, sentence, to punish

to arrange, to line up, to display, to spread out, to list, row, rank, series

beginning, first, initial

to judge, to decide, to give a verdict, to divide, to separate

to separate, to part, to distinguish, to differ

to benefit, to profit, to be advantageous

to arrive, to reach, to attain

to restrain, to control, to regulate

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刊

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