季刊 (jì kān) — quarterly (publication) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

quarterly (publication)

Measure word · 本

Examples

季刊。
Wǒ dìng le yí fèn jì kān.
I subscribed to a quarterly.
季刊。
Zhè běn jì kān shì wén xué lèi de.
This quarterly is about literature.
季刊。
Tā men gōng sī chū bǎn sān zhǒng jì kān.
Their company publishes three kinds of quarterlies.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

季jìseason

刊kānpublication

“季” means season or quarter and “刊” means publication; together they name a publication issued each quarter.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

禾子季

禾禾hé
子子zǐ

季 is formed by placing 禾 above 子.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刀刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

干

干gān刊kān

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

刊 uses 干 to show its sound and 刀, a knife, to show its meaning.

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