kān to print; to publish; publication

Made up of [ gàn do; shield; to concern radical 51, dāo knife (radical) radical 18]
Made with 5 strokes.
The knife radical gives idea of carving while 'gan' gives rough phonetic

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Also uses gàn component: àn (bank) gǎn (to overtake) ; gān (liver) ; gān (pole) ; hàn (perspiration) ; nián (year)
Also uses dāo component: bié (to leave) (toilet) ; chāo (to exceed) ; dào (arrive) ; gāng (hard) ; (drama) ; (sharp) ; (pear) ; qián (front) ; shī (lion) ; (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause)

Different tone

kǎn (open box) ; kǎn (Water) ; kǎn ; kàn (look)

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