Axe radical 斤 (jīn): 5 characters

body{font-family:sans-serif;max-width:860px;margin:40px auto;padding:0 20px;color:#1a1a2e}Axe radical 斤 (jīn): 5 characters斤 (jīn) is Kangxi radical no. 69, “axe”. In this form it is written with 4 strokes.斤 (jīn) is an axe; characters with it are about cutting and breaking - and 斤 (jīn) is also a unit of weight.The characters range from 4 to 13 strokes. 1 of them already appear in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 1 has a full word page of its own.Good ones to start with: 新 (xīn) new, 斤 (jīn) catty.Characters with this radical4 strokes

斤 (jīn) - catty

5 strokes

斥 (chì) - to blame

8 strokes

斧 (fǔ) - hatchet

11 strokes

断 (duàn) - to break

13 strokes

新 (xīn) - new

← 斗 (dǒu) · All characters · 方 (fāng) →Data sources

Radicals and component data: Make Me a Hanzi by Shaunak Kishore (dictionary.txt, derived from Unihan and CJKlib), used under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later. Make Me a Hanzi LGPL v3

Stroke counts: Make Me a Hanzi graphics.txt, derived from the Arphic PL KaitiM GB and Arphic PL UKai fonts by Arphic Technology, under the Arphic Public License - the same stroke data the animations use. Arphic Public License