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Kotomora

版

printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes8

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハン

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

版 centers on a flat surface used to produce copies: a printing block or plate, and by extension the resulting edition, impression, or label.

Most common words using 版

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  • 版はん
    N2

    edition; version; printing; impression; implementation (of software)

  • 出版しゅっぱん
    N3

    publication

  • 版権はんけん

    copyright; publishing rights

  • 版画はんが
    N1

    woodcut; woodblock print; art print

  • 初版しょはん
    N1

    first edition

  • 絶版ぜっぱん
    N1

    out of print

  • 海賊版かいぞくばん
    N1

    pirated edition; pirated version; bootleg copy

  • 重版じゅうはん

    additional printing; reprint; reissue

  • 新版しんぱん

    new publication; new book

  • 石版せきばん

    lithograph; lithography

  • 木版もくはん

    woodblock (engraved block of wood used to make prints)

  • 旧版きゅうはん

    old edition

  • 図版ずはん

    plate; illustration; figure

  • 版元はんもと

    publisher

  • 組版くみはん

    typesetting; composition

  • 活版かっぱん

    form (of type); forme

  • 再版さいはん

    reprint; reprinting; second edition

  • 版本はんぽん

    woodblock-printed book; book printed from woodblocks

  • 製版せいはん

    platemaking

  • かわら版かわらばん

    kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)

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Study

Etymology

版 combines 片 (a split piece of wood) with 反, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of flipping or reversing, as in pressing a block onto paper.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 片 looks like a wooden board, and the right side 反 suggests flipping it over. Imagine a wooden printing block being flipped to stamp out many copies.

Reading mnemonic

For ハン, picture a hand pressing a printing block onto paper: hand -> ハン, and the block leaves an impression.