斤 — axe, 1 kin (0.6 kg), catty

きん斤 axe

きん

U+65A4 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Heisig #1206 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #69

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Meanings

axe
1 kin (0.6 kg)
catty
one loaf of bread

Readings

On'yomi: きん kin

word

きん kin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

一(いっ) 斤(きん) ikkin one loaf (of bread)

Words by frequency and grade

1 word

Each dot is a word containing 斤: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.

Used as component in (12)

しん新 new ちかい近 near ところ所 place おる折 fold ことわる断 severance しつ質 substance せき析 chop おか丘 hill いのる祈 pray たくみ匠 artisan

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#69 斤 axe