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Mythic Mandarin

斤 (jīn): meaning and stroke order

斤 (jīn) means catty, (PRC) weight equal to 500 g, (Tw) weight equal to 600 g.

斤

Simplified
斤
Traditional
斤 (same form)
Pinyin
jīn

Stroke order of 斤

斤

  • jīn catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 斤

  1. jīn
    • catty
    • (PRC) weight equal to 500 g
    • (Tw) weight equal to 600 g
    • (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g

Radical and structure

斤
Radical 斤 (Kangxi radical 69) · 4 strokes · built from 𠂆 and 丅

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 斤

斤 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 马丽说:“苹果多少钱一斤?”

    Mǎ Lì shuō píngguǒ duōshao qián yì jīn

    Ma Li says, "How much are the apples a jin?"

    From the story Buying apples HSK 1

Stories using 斤

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).