axe

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 斤 has 4 strokes; 斤 is read きん, and 一斤 is read いっきん.
• Basic usage: 斤 is a traditional unit of weight and is also used to count loaves of bread.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A weight unit and a bread counter
  • 食パンを一斤買った means buying one loaf of bread. The reading of 一斤 contains a small っ.
  • In the explanation of the old weight unit, 一斤 corresponds to approximately 600 grams. This does not make every bread loaf counted as 一斤 weigh the same 600 grams.