斤
catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
斤 character breakdown
Characters with 斤 as component
character / nature / quality / plain / to pawn / pledge / hostage / to question / Taiwan pr. [zhi2]
质
=
⺁
+
十
+
贝
:
James II of England (zh) captured a crab (贝) and keeps it as a hostage (质) In the space station's bathroom (Ø4). James II of England wants to find out more about the nature (质) of the banana tree (⺁), so all the crab gets to eat is the banana trees. Secretly the crab set up a small cross (十) to which it prays everyday for its release.
happy
欣
=
斤
+
欠
:
It's Marie Curie's (xi) birthday and someone sings her happy (欣) birthday in front of the encampment ((e)n1). The person gives Marie Curie a barbell (斤) as her birthday present, which makes Marie very happy (欣). The person attached an IOU note (欠) to the barbell though; Marie will have to pay for the barbell eventually.
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
actually / place / classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc / that which / particle introducing a relative clause or passive / CL:個|个[ge4]
Words with 斤
to haggle over every ounce / (fig.) to fuss over minor matters / to split hairs
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
to haggle over every ounce (idiom) / to to fuss over minor points / to be particular about sth