kin; catty; traditional unit of weight (approx. 600g)
Traditional Japanese unit of weight, still encountered in some contexts such as bread loaf sizes or historical references. One kin is 600 grams.
This loaf of bread is one kin (600 grams).
Obsolete term for the pound as a unit of weight. Replaced by ポンド in modern Japanese.
See also: 英斤 (えいきん)
loaf (of bread)
Used as a counter for loaves of bread, especially in the phrase 一斤 (いっきん) meaning one loaf. The weight of a standard loaf is often close to one kin.
Please buy a loaf of bread.
The eikin (pound) is a unit no longer used today.
Kilogram; the standard modern unit. One kin is 0.6 kilograms.
Standard kanji form for the traditional weight unit and related uses.
From Chinese 斤 (jīn), a traditional unit of weight. The Japanese reading きん is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.