Radical 69 Explained

Uni:65A4
Meaning:axe
Pny:jīn
Bopo:ㄐㄧㄣ
Gr:jin
Wade:chin1
Jyutping:gan1
Yale:gān
Poj:kun
Cn:斤字旁 jīnzìpáng
Onyomi:キン kin
Kunyomi:おの ono
Jp:斧/おの ono
斤旁/おのづくり onodzukuri
斤/きん kin
Hang:도끼 dokki
Hanja:근 geun

Radical 69 or radical axe meaning "axe" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 55 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 85th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

It is also the symbol of the catty, a traditional Chinese unit of mass used across East and Southeast Asia, notably for weighing food and other groceries in some wet markets, street markets, and shops.

Derived characters

Strokes Characters
+0
+1
+4 SC (=斬)
+5
+7 SC/JP (=斷)
+8
+9
+10
+11
+12
+13 (=斫)
+14
+21

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