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Etymology
Pictograph of an adze for carving wood.
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斤 originated as a pictograph of an adze, its shape depicting the blade and handle used for carving wood. Later, it was borrowed to represent the catty, a traditional Chinese unit of weight now equal to half a kilogram, likely because standard-sized adzes once served as weights in trade. Today, the character primarily means this unit of mass, but its original sense of a cutting tool lives on as a radical in other characters.
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这条鱼重三斤。
我买了五斤苹果。
西瓜一斤多少钱？
苹果每斤五块钱。
昨天晚上我买了三斤排骨。
做这道汤需要一斤冬瓜。
如果便宜点，我就买十斤。
请帮我把这些土豆称一下，看看有几斤。
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