⽄ U+2F44,⽄ KANGXI RADICAL AXE ←⽃ [U+2F43] Kangxi Radicals ⽅ → [U+2F45]

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Radical 69斤

斤 (Kangxi radical 69,斤+0, 4 strokes,cangjie input竹一中 (HML),four-corner7222₁,composition⿸𠂆丅 or⿸𠂋丨)

1. Kangxi radical #69,⽄.

• Appendix:Chinese_radical/斤
• 劤,邤,欣,頎(颀),䖐,丘,芹,庍,匠,旂,蘄(蕲)
• 伒,听,圻,妡,岓,㠼,忻,折,沂,㹞,近,所,昕,析,歽,炘,㸫,肵,祈,盺,䉼,紤,蚚,訢(䜣),赾,釿(𬬱),靳,馸,鬿,䰺,齗(龂)

• 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 inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) - an axe.

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

斤

1. catty, a unit ofweight
   1. (Mainland China)catty orjin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5kilograms
   2. (Hong Kong)catty orkan, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982kilograms (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 centuriesBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

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

   (The artisan) Shi whirled hisaxe 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)

• “斤”, in教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien),Ministry of Education, R.O.C.,2026.

(Jōyō kanji)

• Go-on:こん(kon)
• Kan-on:きん(kin,Jōyō)
• Kun:おの(ono,斤)^{←をの(wono,斤,historical)}

Derived fromMiddle Chinese斤 (MC kj+n|kj+nH).

• (Tokyo)きん[kíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɴ]

斤(きん)• (kin) 

1. (historical)catty;kin(weight)
   1. (chiefly Okinawa) catty, a unit of weight equaling approximately 600 grams, or a unit of volume equaling approximately 600 cubic centimeters

斤(きん)• (-kin) 

1. loaf of bread

   食(しょく)パン1斤(いっきん) ―shokupanikkin ―1 loaf of bread

• “^△斤”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2026

斤 (eumhun근근(geun geun))

1. hanja form^? of근(“catty”)
2. hanja form^? of근(“axe”)
3. hanja form^? of근(“keen,shrewd”)

斤:Hán Nôm readings:cân,rìu

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out andadd a translation, then remove the text{{rfdef}}.

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