catty / (PRC) weight equal to 500 g / (Tw) weight equal to 600 g / (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g

= + : Mnemonic symbol: barbells with 500g on each side.

Joan of Arc (ji) is lifting barbells (斤) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Before each set she eats all the bananas from a banana tree (⺁) for the magnesium, and after each set she eats a T-bone steak (丅) for the protein.

斤 character breakdown

old variant of 下[xia4]

= + : Mnemonic symbol from the shape which looks like a T: a T-bone steak.

Xi Shi (xi) is secretly eating a steak (丅) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). She uses two flutes (一) as chopsticks and even devours the steak's bones (丨).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: two and more bananas (丿) are part of a larger banana tree (⺁).

Characters with 斤 as component

variant of 斲|斫[zhuo2]
to chop / to hack / to carve wood
tall
cut off
cut
table
old variant of 齦|龈[yin2]

Words with 斤

to haggle over every ounce / (fig.) to fuss over minor matters / to split hairs
jack (for lifting weight)
not much to choose between the two / tweedledum and tweedledee
lit. four ounces can move a thousand catties (idiom) / fig. to achieve much with little effort
weight / (fig.) importance
variant of 筋斗[jin1 dou3]
Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg
to bicker at length over a trivial matter (idiom)
to haggle over every ounce (idiom) / to to fuss over minor points / to be particular about sth
although small, a steelyard weight may tip a hundred pounds (idiom) / apparently insignificant details can have a large impact / for want of a nail the battle was lost

Sentences with 斤

bǎ
nà
sa̅n
qia̅n
liù
bǎi
ji̅n
de
dà
huán
da̅o
ná
lái