• 刊行かんこう — publication
• 定期刊行物ていきかんこうぶつ — periodical
• 創刊そうかん — first issue
• 休刊きゅうかん — suspension of publication
• 増刊号ぞうかんごう — special / extra edition
• 日刊にっかん — daily publication

刊 is a phono-semantic compound: it combines 刂 (sword / knife) with 干 (kan) as the phonetic. Originally, it meant carving or cutting into wood or stone, which later extended to printing and publishing, especially with engraved plates.

新しん聞ぶんは 毎日まいにち 刊行かんこうされています。
Newspapers are published daily.

彼かれは 自分じぶんの 雑誌ざっしを 創刊そうかんしました。
He launched his own magazine.