夕刊

ゆうかん · yuukan · JLPT N2 · noun

paper

夕刊 — paper

📰 夕 = evening + 刊 = publication, so evening + publication = evening paper

夕 means evening and 刊 means published issue or periodical. Its counterpart 朝刊 is the morning paper, so 夕刊 is the paper that comes out in the evening.

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