斤

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

4 / 4

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:4

JLPT:N1

Frequency:N/A

Vocabulary

キン

Word	Reading	Meaning
斤量	キンリョウ	impost; assigned weight; (measured) weight; weight of 1000 sheets of paper (used as a measure of thickness); basis weight
斧斤	フキン	axe
英斤	エイキン	pound (unit of weight)
尺斤法	シャクキンホウ	Chinese system of weights and measures

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
英斤	ポンド	pound (unit of weight); pound (currency); pound sterling
一斤	いっきん	1 kin (approx. 0.6 kg); 1 loaf of bread
斤	きん	kin; catty; traditional unit of weight, 600g; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)
斤目	きんめ	weight
斤旁	おのづくり	kanji "axe" radical at right

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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affair, case, matter, item

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half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-