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Radical 69

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← 68 Radical 69 (U+2F44) 70 →
(U+65A4) "axe"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:jīn
Bopomofo:ㄐㄧㄣ
Wade–Giles:chin1
Cantonese Yale:gan1
Jyutping:gan1
Japanese Kana:キン, おの kin, ono
Sino-Korean:근 geun
Names
Japanese name(s):斧 ono
Hangul:도끼 dokki
Stroke order animation

Radical 69 meaning "axe" is 1 of 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 4 strokes. 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.

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

Characters with Radical 69

seal script character
strokes character
without additional strokes
1 additional stroke
4 additional strokes 斦 斧 斨 斩
5 additional strokes 斪 斫
7 additional strokes 斬 断
8 additional strokes 斮 斯
9 additional strokes 新 斱
10 additional strokes
11 additional strokes
12 additional strokes
13 additional strokes 斵 斶
14 additional strokes
21 additional strokes

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets". CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second Edition ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); External link in |chapterurl= (help); Unknown parameter |chapterurl= ignored (|chapter-url= suggested) (help)