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斤

斤 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. おの、まさかり。
  2. （語義1の物を秤の重りに使ったことから）秤。
  3. 目方。質量。重量。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形。斧を象る。「おの」を意味する漢語｛斤｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

axe, 1.32 lb, catty, counter for loaves of bread, axe radical (no. 69)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キンJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音jin1
  • 한글geun
  • Hán-ViệtCân
  • Hán-ViệtCấn

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
斤(きん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+65A4

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𠂆丅

Words using this kanji

  • 斤きんkin, catty, pound (unit of weight), loaf (of bread)
  • 斤量きんりょう物の重さ。目方。 (競馬)ハンディキャップをつけるために競走馬が背負わなければならない重量。負担重量。impost, assigned weight, (measured) weight, weight of 1000 sheets of paper (used as a measure of thickness)
  • 斤目きんめweight

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(8 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-2-2
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7222.1
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1206
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2076