斤 – Kanji details

Keyword

axe

Info

Frequency	Top 3400-3500
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 3
Heisig	1206
Readings	きん (99%)
	こん

Composed of

𠂆

slightly sloped cliff

一

one

丨

stick

Mnemonic

A pictograph of an axe. The top part is the handle, and the bottom part is the blade.

Used in kanji (18 in total)

place

near

new

be cut off

quality

fold

slice to kill

craft

pray

hill

break apart

hatchet

reject

parsley

this

elation

cut with a sword

adze

Used in vocabulary (9 in total)

斤きん

kin; catty; pound (unit of weight); loaf (of bread)

一いっ斤きん

1 kin (approx. 0.6kg); 1 loaf of bread

斤きん量りょう

weight

6 more...

Examples (2 in total)

パンを一いっ斤きん買かわなければいけなかったのを思おもい出だした。

I just remembered that I was supposed to buy a loaf of bread.

私わたしは朝ちょう食しょく用ように食しょくパンを一いっ斤きん買かった。

I bought a loaf of bread for breakfast.