特刊 (tè kān) — special issue, special edition (of a magazine,…

Definition

noun

special issuespecial edition (of a magazine, newspaper, etc.)

Measure word · 期

特刊。
Zhè běn zá zhì de chūn jié tè kān hěn shòu huān yíng.
This magazine's Spring Festival special issue is very popular.
特刊。
Bào shè wèi jì niàn chéng lì bǎi nián chū bǎn le tè kān.
The newspaper published a special edition to commemorate its centennial.
特刊。
Wǒ gāng mǎi le yī qī guān yú tài kōng tàn suǒ de tè kān.
I just bought a special issue on space exploration.

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.

特tèspecial

刊kānpublication

特 marks the issue as special and 刊 is a publication, so it means a special issue.

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.

牛寺特

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

寺

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape combines 牛 (ox) with 寺, which gives the pronunciation; it originally meant a large bull.

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

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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