斤

斤 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹一中 (HML), four-corner 7222₁, composition ⿸𠂆丅 or ⿸𠂋丨)

1. Kangxi radical #69, ⽄.

• Appendix:Chinese_radical/斤
• 伒, 𫥁, 𠦉, 听, 圻, 妡, 岓, 㠼, 𢏂, 忻, 折, 沂, 㹞, 𨸢, 近, 所, 𣁰, 𪯲, 昕, 析, 歽, 𭭜, 炘, 㸫, 𤤆, 肵, 𭅉, 祈, 盺, 𪿆, 𥝹, 𬔘, 𧘻, 䉼, 紤, 𦕄, 蚚, 𧣊, 訢(䜣), 𧯞, 𧵆, 赾, 𧿧, 𨠇, 𠒙, 釿(𬬱), 𭯐, 靳, 𩐙, 馸, 鬿, 𪷀, 䰺, 𬸻, 𪌍, 𪏴, 齗(龂), 𪛊
• 𫢍, 劤, 邤, 𢺼, 欣, 𣣒, 頎(颀), 䖐, 丘, 𠯓, 𢗹, 𡗲, 𡵱, 𪵮, 𣥍, 𥬊, 𩂋, 芹, 庍, 𤴾, 𢦲, 𨳜, 匠, 旂, 蘄(蕲)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 479, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13534
• Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2022, character 1
• Unihan data for U+65A4

Historical forms of the character 斤
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) - an axe.

ax

Unclear. Matisoff (2000) relates it to Proto-Lolo-Burmese *gyan (“pickax”); possibly also connected to Proto-Hmong-Mien *cwI:m (“axe”), Proto-Tai *xwaːnᴬ (“axe”) and/or Proto-Kam-Sui *kwan (Schuessler, 2007).

斤

1. catty, a unit of weight
   1. (Mainland China) catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms
   2. (Hong Kong) catty or kan, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982 kilograms (公斤 or sometimes approximated as 500 grams)
   3. (Taiwan) catty, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.6 kilograms, also equal to 16 taels
2. (archaic) axe; hatchet

   匠石運斤成風，聽而斫之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   匠石运斤成风，听而斫之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Jiàng Shí yùn jīn chéng fēng, tīng ér zhuó zhī. [Pinyin]

   (The artisan) Shi whirled his axe so as to produce a wind, which immediately carried off the mud entirely.

3. keen; shrewd

• 擔／担 (dān), 兩／两 (liǎng), 錢／钱 (qián), 分 (fēn), 金衡兩／金衡两, 金衡錢／金衡钱, 金衡分
• 公斤 (gōngjīn), 克 (kè)
• 臺斤／台斤 (táijīn)

斤

1. Only used in 斤斤 (jīnjīn).

• “Entry #807”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. counter for loaves of bread
2. (chiefly Okinawan) catty, a unit of weight equaling approximately 600 grams, or a unit of volume equaling approximately 600 cubic centimeters

• Go-on: こん (kon)
• Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
• Kun: おの (ono, 斤)

斤 (eumhun 근 근 (geun geun))

1. Hanja form^? of 근 (“catty”).
2. Hanja form^? of 근 (“axe”).
3. Hanja form^? of 근 (“keen, shrewd”).

斤: Hán Nôm readings: cân, rìu

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