Kanji N2

版: printing block, printing plate, edition

版 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning printing block, printing plate, edition, written with 8 strokes. It is read ハン (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 出版 (しゅっぱん, publication) and 版画 (はんが, woodcut).

版

Meanings

  • printing block
  • printing plate
  • edition
  • impression
  • label
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#802 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ハン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 版

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 出版しゅっぱん

    publication

    JLPT N3
  • 版画はんが

    woodcut; woodblock print; art print

    JLPT N1
  • 版はん

    edition; version; printing; impression

    JLPT N1
  • 初版しょはん

    first edition

    JLPT N1
  • 絶版ぜっぱん

    out of print

    JLPT N1
  • 出版社しゅっぱんしゃ

    publisher; publishing house; publishing company

  • 出版物しゅっぱんぶつ

    publication

  • 図版ずはん

    plate; illustration; figure

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.