• axe;

Etymology

斤 is a pictograph representing an axe used for cutting wood. It also denotes a traditional unit of weight measured by a balance scale, where one "geun" typically equals about 600 grams or ten "yeot-nyang" in principle, but can also be considered as 375 grams, equivalent to 100 donjung.

Usage in Korean

When used as a radical, it generally conveys meanings related to axes or cutting.

Characters with

  • new, fresh, to renew, novel, modern;
geun
geun
Kangxi radical:69
Strokes:4
Unicode:U+65A4
Cangjie input:
  • 竹一中 (HML)
Composition:
  • ⿸ 𠂆 丅
  • ⿸ 𠂋 丨
Writing order
斤 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References