斧 Strokes Write it Listen 斧 fǔ axe, hatchet; to chop, to hew HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 斤 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from父soundfùfather, dad斤meaningjīna catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd How it works斤 hints at the meaning (axe), and 父 fù hints at the sound.