Chinese symbol for “catty”
斤
jīn
catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g
The closest CC-CEDICT match for catty is 斤 (jīn), defined as: catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 斤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 公斤 | gōng jīn | kilogram (kg) |
| 斤斤计较 (斤斤計較) | jīn jīn jì jiào | to haggle over every ounce; (fig.) to fuss over minor matters |
| 千斤顶 (千斤頂) | qiān jīn dǐng | jack (mechanical lifting device) |
| 半斤八两 (半斤八兩) | bàn jīn bā liǎng | not much to choose between the two; tweedledum and tweedledee |
| 市斤 | shì jīn | Chinese unit of weight equal to 0.5 kg |
| 斤两 (斤兩) | jīn liǎng | weight; (fig.) importance |
See also: Japanese symbol for “catty”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.