斤
Character
a Chinese unit of weight; one jin is 500 grams
- Radical
- 斤 (itself)
- Strokes
- 4
- Structure
- Surrounds from top-left
- Parts
- 厂 下
- Traditional
- 斤
- Frequency
- #1575 most common character
Meaning
jīn
jin1- a Chinese unit of weight; one jin is 500 grams
- used to buy and sell food by weight
Examples
妈妈买了一斤肉。
mā ma mǎi le yī jīn ròu
Mom bought one jin of meat.
AI-generated sentence
苹果五块钱一斤。
píng guǒ wǔ kuài qián yī jīn
Apples cost five yuan for one jin.
AI-generated sentence
Stroke order
All 4 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 斤
Draw “斤” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Words with 斤
See all 18 →斤两jīn liǎngweightWord
斤斗jīn dǒutumbleVariant of 筋斗WordUnreviewed
斤斤计较jīn jīn jì jiàoto haggle over every ounceWord公斤gōng jīnkilogram (kg), a unit for measuring how heavy something isWordHSK 2台斤tái jīnTaiwan catty (weight equal to 0.6 kg)Word市斤shì jīnChinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kgWord千斤顶qiān jīn dǐngjack (mechanical lifting device)Word争斤论两zhēng jīn lùn liǎngto haggle over every ounce (idiom)Word半斤八两bàn jīn bā liǎngnot much to choose between the twoWord短斤缺两duǎn jīn quē liǎngto give short weightWord缺斤少两quē jīn shǎo liǎngto give short weightWord