Radical 69

斤
68 ⽃ ◄	69	► ⽅ 70
Pinyin :	jīn (= ax)
Zhuyin :	ㄐ 一 ㄣ
Hiragana :	お の / 斧 ono
Kanji :	斧 ono (= ax)
Hangul :	무게
Sinocorean :	근
Codepoint :	U + 65A4
Stroke sequence :

Radical 69 , meaning " ax , pound ", is one of the 34 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of four strokes. In Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it happens very rarely.

The pictogram shows an ax, but actually it is a measure of weight. In the past, the weight on the Chinese barrel weight scales was shaped like an ax.

As a bearer of meaning in the composite sign, 斤 places this in the meaning field ax as in 斧 (= ax), where 斤 functions as meaning and 父 as sound carrier. The left component of the sign 断 (= break) is derived from 绝 (= break off), the ax on the right serves as a bearer of meaning. 斯 (this, this, this) initially meant to separate, hence the ax. 析 (split, separate) is made up of the ax 斤 and the tree 木. Today it can be found in the combination 分析 (= analyze). 所 (= place, place) consists of 户 (= door) and the ax. The message of this combination was: smash a door with an ax (= make a decision). Only later did 所 take on its current meaning.

Character combinations ruled by radical 69

Axe

Strokes	character
+ 00	斤
+ 01	斥
+ 04	斦 斧 斨 斩
+ 05	斪 斫
+ 07	斬 断
+ 08	斮 斯
+ 09	新 斱
+10	斲
+11	斳
+12	斴
+13	斵 斶
+14	斷
+21	斸

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 69 is coded under the code point number 12.100 (U + 2F44).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 242 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 253 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 69  - Graphic representations of Radikal 69

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 69 on page 79