漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
斤: axe, 1.32 lb
Also: catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)
JLPT N14 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
4 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Western Zhou Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
One reading, and the words that use it
キンkin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 斤きんkin; catty; traditional unit of weight, 600g
- 一斤いっきん1 kin (approx. 0.6 kg)
- 斤量きんりょうimpost; assigned weight
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
An axe.
Source: Wiktionary, 斤 (rev. 92542040), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Chop! Imagine a heavy axe swinging through the air to split a log.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side斤 axe
vs升 measuring boxIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jīn
Same form: 斤 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 斤 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 斤 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jīn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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