jīn

a catty (about 500 grams)

How it’s built

Pictograph of an axe.

Through the ages

Oracle bone script

Bronze script

Appears in

Characters that use 斤 as a component, most common first.

所suǒplace 新xīnnew 斯sīthis 近jìnto approach 兵bīngsoldier 质zhìessence 断duànto sever 折zhéto break 欣xīndelighted 祈qíto pray 斩zhǎnto chop 斧fǔaxe 芹qíncelery 沂yía river in southeast Shandong 靳jìna strap on a horse's breast 質zhìessence 斬zhǎnto chop 斷duànto sever

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