# 版 printing plate

片 (fragment) + 反 (anti) Same-ON
★★☆☆☆
8 strokes
SIDEKICK
WHY YOU SHOULD BOTHER： You can't say "When was the book published?" or ask, "Who is the publisher of that book?" without 版.

## Onyomi

HAN | HAN Solo liked printing slash fiction of himself and Chewbacca.

## Mnemonic

| To print, you press fragments of lead against the printing plate, to smoosh the ink onto it in the form of letters.

## Jukugo

出版(しゅっぱん) する | publish ★★☆☆☆ 出 (pull out / hand over) + 版 (printing plate) = 出版 (publish)
出版社(しゅっぱんしゃ) | publishing company ★☆☆☆☆ 出版 (publish) + 社 (company) = 出版社 (publishing company)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
版 | printing plate | FRAGMENT | 片
刷 | print | DAGGER | 刀
刺 | stab / buisness card | TEN | 十

Publishers use FRAGMENTS of moveable lead type to publish books.
If you print a book in Japan making fun of the Emperor, right-wingers will assasinate you with a DAGGER.
The killer stabbed you TEN times.