斤斤

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Chinese

catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg catty; weight equal to 0.5 kg
simp. and trad.
(斤斤)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (28)
Final () (57)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter kj+nH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiənH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨnH/
Li
Rong
/kiənH/
Wang
Li
/kĭənH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ki̯ənH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gan3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/2
No. 6653
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯns/

Adjective

斤斤

  1. (literary) overcautious

Verb

斤斤

  1. (literary) to perceive

Derived terms