斤
jīn
#1,863 most
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a unit of weight (=1/2 kilogram)
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Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
斤 is a picture of an adze used to cut wood. Its first meaning was adze. The meaning later grew to axe, then to half a kilogram, a weight unit.
Drawn as: adze for cutting wood
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Example Sentences
这个苹果重一斤。
zhègè píngguǒ zhòng yījīn 。
This apple weighs one jin.
我买了三斤米。
wǒ mǎi lesān jīn mǐ 。
I bought three jin of rice.
他今天吃了两斤肉。
tā jīntiān chīle liǎng jīn ròu 。
He ate two jin of meat today.
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