edition · printing block

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 版 has 8 strokes and denotes a printing block or a published edition.
• Basic usage: 版画 is read はんが, and 初版 is read しょはん.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A print and a first edition
  • 木の板を彫って版画を作った means carving a wooden board and making a print.
  • この小説の初版 means the first published edition of this novel.