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Kanji Detail for 版 - "edition, plate"
版
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Meaning
版 means "edition, plate." Also associated with board.
Edition - A version of a publication.
Plate - A printing surface; a block.
Board - A flat piece; a tablet.
Print - To publish; to produce copies.
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Words using 版
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出版社
しゅっぱんしゃ
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
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版画
はんが
woodcut; woodblock print; art print
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出版物
しゅっぱんぶつ
publication
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初版
しょはん
first edition
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図版
ずはん
plate; illustration; figure
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版権
はんけん
copyright; publishing rights
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出版社
しゅっぱんしゃ
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Four-character idioms with 版
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版籍奉還
はんせきほうかん
return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
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版籍奉還
はんせきほうかん
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- Verified meaning: edition, plate
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: board
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
printing block; printing plate; edition; impression; label
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
printing blocks; edition
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
a register; block of printing; edition; version; page
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
printing block, edition; register; volume, version
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Interchangeable with 板. As in printing books saying 原板 (original edition), 翻板 (pirated edition). Sometimes also written as 版. | 版築. Building walls. Walls are first flanked by boards on both sides, then filled with earth. Hence the name. Ancient walls were all made by pounding earth. | 手版 is 手本. In the old days, presenting one's title and resume when calling on a superior official. | 版圖. Census registers and maps. What falls under a nation's sovereignty enters that nation's 版圖 (territory).
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Sentences including 版
My new book is not yet in print.
His new novel will come out next month.
This book is still copyrighted.
We finally published the book.
This book is hot off from the press.
His new book is going to come out next month.
His new novel will come out next month.
It would be great if there was a japanese edition.