one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
    
| 析析RS |  | split wood, break apart, divide | RS. chop a tree 木 with an axe 斤
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| 㡿㡿RS 斥斥
 | 𠩋 | scold, upbraid, accuse, reproach, withdraw, retreat | RS. make a man 屰 leave the house 广: ![]() → 㡿 → 𠩋 → 斥 
ⓢ axe 斤 used for threatening someone 丶
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| 祈祈RS |  | pray, entreat, beseech | farmer with axe 斤 praying at the altar 礻
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| 斲斲RS | 斵㓸 | cut, chop, hack | wine bottle and axe 斤: ![]() → 斲: axeman working in the wood with his bottle
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| 聽聽RS 听听
 | 聴 | hear, listen, understand, obey | ethical 𢛳 king 王 listening 耳 to and understanding his subjects who obey him
ⓢ orders 口 should be listened to, understood and be "protected" 斤: be obeyed
listening 耳 with ten 十 eyes 目 and your heart 心
ⓢ listen to and obey the one who speaks 口 with an ax 斤
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| 質質RS 质质
 |  | matter, material, substance, quality | at the entrance of the city one's materials are axed 斤斤 to control for quality and one has to pay taxes 貝/贝
ⓢ a factory 厂  spends a lot 十 of money 贝 to make substance of quality
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| 斷斷RS 断断
 |  | sever, cut off, interrupt, refuse | RS. axe 斤 with several thread cutting knives 㡭 (used in sewing machines) ![]() → 斷 → 断
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| 匠匠RS |  | craftsman, artisan, workman | RS. tool box 匚 with ax 斤 in it: craftsman
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| 芹芹RS |  | celery, parsley | type of plant 艹 cut 斤 for cooking
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| 欣欣RS |  | happy, joyous, delighted | singing man 欠 while working with his axe 斤: happy and joyous person
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| 斬斬RS 斩斩
 |  | cut, chop, sever, behead | RS. the cutting of cart wheels 車 by axe 斤 being a common trade in old China
chop off a head with an axe 斤 so it rolls away like a wheel 車
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| 斤斤RS |  | a catty (approximately 500 or 600 g), an axe, keen, shrewd, rad. 69 (blade of an axe) | ![]() → 斤; beware of shrewd people with an axe keen on using it
 | 衡 両; 斬 新 祈 断 折 析 近 斥 質 丘 所 監 | 
| 近近RS |  | near, close, approach, intimate | walking ⻌ far with a heavy ax 斤 is tiring, rather go near
 | 新; 辺 周; 挨 | 
| 所所RS |  | place, location, building, office | ax 斤 protecting a door 戸/戶
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| 新新RS |  | new, recent, fresh, modern | tree 木 with standing 立 fruit (亲) ready to be cut 斤: fresh fruit
 | 近; 薪 | 
| 斯斯RS | 㠼撕纚𢠹𣂕 | this, thus, such, tear off | he 其 tears off this with his axe 斤
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| 折折RS |  | break off, snap, bend | hand 扌 holding an axe 斤 hitting something: it either breaks or bends
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