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斤
斤
Translingual
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Han character
斤 (radical 69 斤+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 竹一中 (HML), four-corner 72221)
- Kangxi radical #69, ⽄ (“axe”).
References
- KangXi: page 479, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13534
- Dae Jaweon: page 837, character 23
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2022, character 1
- Unihan data for U+65A4
Chinese
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斤 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 斤
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (斤) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 蘄 | *ɡɯ, *kɯl, *ɡɯn |
| 祈 | *ɡɯl |
| 頎 | *ɡɯl |
| 旂 | *ɡɯl |
| 圻 | *ɡɯl, *ŋɡɯːn, *ŋɡɯn |
| 蚚 | *ɡɯl, *ɡɯːls |
| 岓 | *ɡɯl |
| 玂 | *ɡɯl |
| 沂 | *ŋɡɯl |
| 掀 | *qʰan |
| 釿 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋkɯn |
| 齗 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯn |
| 听 | *ŋɡrɯnʔ, *ŋɡɯnʔ |
| 垽 | *ŋrɯns, *qɯns |
| 斤 | *kɯn, *kɯns |
| 菦 | *kɯnʔ |
| 靳 | *kɯns |
| 劤 | *kɯns |
| 勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
| 赾 | *kʰɯnʔ |
| 芹 | *ɡɯn |
| 近 | *ɡɯnʔ, *ɡɯns |
| 斦 | *ŋɡɯn |
| 欣 | *qʰɯn |
| 忻 | *qʰɯn |
| 昕 | *qʰɯn |
| 訢 | *qʰɯn |
| 炘 | *qʰɯn, *qʰɯns |
| 邤 | *qʰɯn |
| 庍 | *qʰɯns, *mpreːɡs |
| 焮 | *qʰɯns |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gan1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kîn
- Min Dong (BUC): gṳ̆ng
- Min Nan (POJ): kin / kirn / kun
- Wu (Wiktionary): jin (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ
- Wade-Giles: chin1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jin
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: gan1
- Yale: gān
- Cantonese Pinyin: gan1
- IPA (key): /kɐn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kîn
- Hakka Romanization System: gin´
- Hagfa Pinyim: gin1
- IPA: /kin²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: gṳ̆ng
- IPA (key): /kyŋ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kin
- Tâi-lô: kin
- Phofsit Daibuun: kyn
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /kin⁴⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kin⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Sanxia)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kirn
- Tâi-lô: kirn
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kun
- Tâi-lô: kun
- Phofsit Daibuun: kwn
- IPA (Xiamen): /kun⁴⁴/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kun³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /kun⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Yilan)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: jin (T1)
- IPA (key): /t͡ɕɪɲ⁵³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 斤 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ |
| Harbin | /t͡ɕin⁴⁴/ | |
| Tianjin | /t͡ɕin²¹/ | |
| Jinan | /t͡ɕiẽ²¹³/ | |
| Qingdao | /t͡ɕiə̃²¹³/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /t͡ɕin²⁴/ | |
| Xi'an | /t͡ɕiẽ²¹/ | |
| Xining | /t͡ɕiə̃⁴⁴/ | |
| Yinchuan | /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Lanzhou | /t͡ɕĩn³¹/ | |
| Ürümqi | /t͡ɕiŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Wuhan | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Guiyang | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Kunming | /t͡ɕĩ⁴⁴/ | |
| Nanjing | /t͡ɕin³¹/ | |
| Hefei | /t͡ɕin²¹/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕiəŋ¹¹/ |
| Pingyao | /t͡ɕiŋ¹³/ | |
| Hohhot | /t͡ɕĩŋ³¹/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡ɕiŋ⁵³/ |
| Suzhou | /t͡ɕin⁵⁵/ | |
| Hangzhou | /t͡ɕin³³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /t͡ɕaŋ³³/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕiʌ̃³¹/ |
| Tunxi | /t͡ɕin¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕin³³/ |
| Xiangtan | /t͡ɕin³³/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕin⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /kin⁴⁴/ |
| Taoyuan | /kin²⁴/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /kɐn⁵³/ |
| Nanning | /kɐn⁵⁵/ | |
| Hong Kong | /kɐn⁵⁵/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) | /kun⁵⁵/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /kyŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /kœyŋ⁵⁴/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /kɯŋ³³/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /in²³/ |
| Rime | ||
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| Character | 斤 | 斤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 欣 (57) | 欣 (57) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 舉欣切 | 居焮切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/kɨn/ | /kɨnH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/kɨn/ | /kɨnH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/kiən/ | /kiənH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/kɨn/ | /kɨnH/ |
| Li Rong |
/kiən/ | /kiənH/ |
| Wang Li |
/kĭən/ | /kĭənH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ki̯ən/ | /ki̯ənH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
jīn | jìn |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 斤 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
jīn |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ kjɨn › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[k]ər/ |
| English | axe; catty |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
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| Character | 斤 | 斤 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 6649 | 6653 |
| Phonetic component |
斤 | 斤 |
| Rime group |
文 | 文 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
斤 | 靳 |
| Old Chinese |
/*kɯn/ | /*kɯns/ |
Definitions
斤
- catty, a unit of weight
- (Mainland) catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms
- (Hong Kong) catty or kan, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as equal to 0.60478982 kilograms (公斤 or sometimes approximated as 500 grams)
- (Taiwan) catty, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.6 kilograms, also equal to 16 taels
- axe; ax
- keen; shrewd
See also
- 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)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
斤
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
斤 • (geun) (hangeul 근, revised geun, McCune-Reischauer kŭn, Yale kun)
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