The Chinese word 周刊 (zhōukān), meaning "weekly periodical" or "magazine", is a compound word formed by combining two meaningful characters: 周 (zhōu), which means "week", and 刊 (kān), which means "publication" or "to publish". This follows the common Chinese morphological pattern of combining two independent morphemes, where the first element (周) acts as a modifier specifying the time interval, and the second element (刊) functions as the core noun indicating the category of object; thus, the compound literally and logically signifies a "weekly publication".