What is the Kanji for "Printing block" and "Edition"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Printing block" and "Edition", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Printing block" and "Edition" is "版".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Han".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "片" means "Fragment" and "One sided" and can be read as "Hen" and "Kata". And The kanji "反" means "Anti" and can be read as "Han", "Tan", and "So".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "版" mean in japanese?

"版" means "Printing block" and "Edition".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

版: "Version" or "Edition". The Japanese noun '版 (はん)' refers to either a version or an edition of something. It is commonly used in the context of publishing to indicate a specific print or release of a book, newspaper, magazine, or other published material. For example: The latest edition of the newspaper - (新聞の最新版). This book is in its third edition - (この本は3版目です).

出版: "Publication". The Japanese verbal noun '出版 (しゅっぱん)' means 'publication'. It refers to the process of preparing and issuing books, magazines, or other printed material for public sale or distribution. It can be used to describe the act of publishing something, such as: The author's new book is in publication - (その著者の新しい本は出版中です). The company specializes in the publication of academic journals - (その会社は学術雑誌の出版を専門としています).

出版社: "Publisher". The noun '出版社 (しゅっぱんしゃ)' refers to a company or organization that prepares and issues books, magazines, newspapers, or other written material for public distribution and sale. A publisher is responsible for overseeing the entire publishing process, from acquiring manuscripts to marketing and distributing the final product. For example: The publishing house released a new bestseller - (出版社は新しいベストセラーを発売した). I sent my manuscript to the publisher - (原稿を出版社に送りました).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "は" is read as "ha". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.