斤

斤 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “ax”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1206. It appears as a component in 16 other characters in this index.

Keyword: ax
RTK frame: 1206
Strokes: 4
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キン
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: axe, топор
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 斤 a catty (approximately 600 g)

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 斤

析 chop
所 place
祈 pray
近 near
折 fold
斬 chop off
断 severance
質 substance
斥 reject
丘 hill
新 new
匠 artisan
斧 hatchet
芹 parsley
欣 elation
斯 this

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