报刊
bào kān · HSK 6
periodical
📰 报刊 = 报 (report) + 刊 (publication)
报 means report or newspaper; 刊 means to publish or a periodical. Together 报刊 covers newspapers and magazines collectively — the print press as a whole.
报 — hand 扌 (报) + 卩 seal/kneeling figure
Originally 報 depicted a hand pressing a kneeling criminal under a manacle (幸 + 卩 + 又), meaning 'to judge' or 'requite a crime.' From 'repay/requite' it broadened to 'respond, report, announce.' The simplified form 报 keeps the hand 扌 and 卩 but drops the manacle element.