The Chinese Radical: 斤


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Meaning
axe    斤

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
to obey, to listen, to hear
tīng
Left: mouth , right: axe
With your mouth (= arguments) or your axe (= brute force) you can make somebody obey.
JLPT HSK 2
close to, near, approximately
jìn
Left: movement ; right: axe (image of an axe)
What the axe reaches in its movement, is close.
JLPT HSK 2
new, newly, recent
xīn
Left: parents (They stand as supervision in the tree ), right: axe
Out of a standing tree, the axe makes something new.
JLPT HSK 2
to accuse, to sue, to complain, to tell

Left: word / (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: to blame, accuse (... for the notch in the axe )
The words of blame lead to the accusation. - Or: Use words to accuse in an accusation.
JLPT HSK 2
place, address, location, actually
suǒ
Left: (sliding) door 戸, right axe
Next to the door there is (always) the axe, (exactly) in this place, which is its "address".
JLPT HSK 3
axe, weight equal to 0.5 kg, pound
jīn

Pictograph of an axe (weight is a derived meaning)
JLPT HSK 4
to break (e.g. stick or bone), fracture, loss, discount
shé, zhē, zhé
Left: hand , right: axe
The hand with the axe breaks or causes a loss.
JLPT HSK 4
severance, to decide, break, judgement, definitely, to cut off
duàn
From left: corner , rice , axe
If the rice is in a corner , you can use the axe to decide whether to cut it.
JLPT HSK 5
happy, delighted, gladly
xīn
Left: axe , right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth.)
(no need to work) If the axe is lacking, we are happy.
JLPT HSK 5
to analyze, to divide, to separate

Left: tree , right: axe
The tree is divided with an axe for the: analysis.
JLPT HSK 5
to tear open, to rip open, to destroy
chāi
Left: hand , right: blame, accuse (.. for the notch in the axe )
The hand must be blamed because it has teared sth. open.
JLPT HSK 6
to blame, scold, to accuse, to reprimand, to oust
chì
Axe with accent (Here: a notch in the cutting edge)
For the notch in the axe, I have to blame you.
JLPT HSK 6
mound, hillock, grave
qiū
Top: axe , below: ground/earth
An axe in the ground as a burial object in the [burial] mound/hill.
JLPT HSK 6
this, here, Slovakia

Left: Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), right: axe
A grain scoop threshes like an axe, like: THIS!
JLPT HSK 6
firewood, fuel, salary
xīn
Top: plant , below: new 新 (From a standing tree your axe makes someting new.)
(All) plants and also standing trees are made with the axe to: firewood.
JLPT HSK 6
understanding

Left: sun , right: analysieren 析 (The tree is divided with an axe for analysing.)
In the (light of the) sun, the analysis is understandable.
JLPT HSK 6
to chop, cut, sever, behead
zhǎn
Left: vehicle (車= top view with two wheels , axle | and loading surface ), right: ax
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to , namely they took an axe, to chop it.
JLPT HSK 6
to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse
xiān
Left: to break (The hand with an axe breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack (A yawning person is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.
JLPT no HSK
hatchet, axe

Top: father (here: image of an axe in a hand ), bottom: axe
The image of an axe stands for: hatchet or axe.
JLPT no HSK
to implore, to pray, to request

Left: to show, altar 礻/ (image of an altar with a sacrifice and drippling blood ), right: axe
At the altar with the axe we will pray.
JLPT no HSK
craftsman
jiàng
Outside: box (simplified from: to work ), inside: axe
In the box is the axe of the craftsman.
JLPT no HSK
Chinese celery
qín
Top: plant , bottom: axe
The plant that is (harvested) with an axe is: the celery.
JLPT no HSK
Yi River, Shandong

Left: water , right: axe
The water of an axe is the Yi-River.
JLPT no HSK
martingale (control of a horse's head), stingy
jìn
Left: leather (Horned 廿 animals have a skin of leather.), right: axe
It is made of leather and (can control the horse) like an axe: The Martingale.

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