TSUMUGU · B1 · 字
斤
ㄐㄧㄣ · jīn
noun — an axe; a catty (unit of weight)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
斤形rendered bare — the whole graph is one picture
One picture, drawn whole: an axe-head on its handle, the blade set to chop wood. From the tool came the weight it was traded by — 斤 the catty, and 公斤 the kilogram. As a piece it stands in 斧、新、斷, always near the cutting.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一把斧頭斜著，刃口朝下——對準了要劈的木頭。
An axe held at an angle, blade down — aimed at the wood it will split.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)斧斤— an axe
(假借)公斤、斤兩— a catty; the weight unit常用
→斤斤計較— to haggle over every ounce — to be petty
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension