刊载 (kān zǎi) — to publish (an article, news item, etc. in a newspaper or magazine)

Definition

A formal verb meaning to publish or carry a written piece in a periodical. More literary than 发表 and restricted to newspapers or magazines — not books, websites, or broadcasts.

verb
to publish (an article, news item, etc. in a newspaper or magazine)

Examples

  • 刊载。
    Zhè piān píng lùn kān zǎi zài zuó tiān de wǎn bào shàng.
    This commentary was published in yesterday's evening paper.
  • 刊载。
    Zá zhì shè jué dìng kān zǎi tā de xì liè bào dào.
    The magazine decided to publish his series of reports.
  • 刊载。
    Gāi bào cóng wèi kān zǎi guò rèn hé bù shí xiāo xi.
    That newspaper has never published any false information.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

刊kānpublish
载zǎicarry

刊 and 载 both refer to printing or carrying content, so together they mean publish.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 刊 →

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 載; 载 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jūchariot
Sound part声符shēngfú
𢦏
𢦏𢦏載zài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 載 has 車, a chariot, and 𢦏 gives the sound; 载 is its simplified form.

Open 载 →

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