HSK 6 · Media

刊物 kānwù “publication” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 刊物 means

  1. publication
  2. periodical
  3. journal

How to say 刊物

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale刊kān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale物wù4th tone, falling

刊物 in a sentence

  1. 这是一本介绍中国文化的刊物。

    Zhè shì yì běn jièshào Zhōngguó wénhuà de kānwù.

    This is a publication about Chinese culture.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他的文章发表在一份学术刊物上。

    Tā de wénzhāng fābiǎo zài yí fèn xuéshù kānwù shàng.

    His article was published in an academic journal.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 刊物 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 刊 (kān) with each of its parts in a different colour
刊kānto print
  • 干dry · gānSound part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoMeaning part

刂 hints at the meaning (knife); 干 (gān) hints at the sound. Compare it with kān.

The character 物 (wù) with each of its parts in a different colour
物wùthing
  • 牛cow · niúMeaning part
  • 勿must not · wùSound part

牛 hints at the meaning (cow); 勿 (wù) hints at the sound. Compare it with wù.

Memory aidAn ox 牛, which the oldest Chinese dictionary calls the largest of things, with 勿 (wù) for the sound: a thing.

How to write 刊物

刊 5 strokes · 物 8 strokes

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刊物 (kānwù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 刊物 (kānwù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 刊物

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FAQs

刊物 (kānwù) means “publication” or “periodical”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kānwù: kān with a 1st tone, then wù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 刊物 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kanwu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 刊物 from the suggestions. Typing kanwu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
刊物 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.