版
printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label
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
20 of 254- 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)
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.