Kanji Detail for 銖 - "weight unit, slight, dull, currency unit"

銖

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
銖 means "weight unit, slight, dull, currency unit."
1. Weight unit - One twenty-fourth of a liang.
2. Slight - A small amount; minimal.
3. Dull - Not sharp.
4. Currency unit - One-sixteenth of a ryo in the Edo period (Japanese usage).
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

measuring unit, 1/16 of a ryou; percent; small; slight

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

unit of weight, one twenty-fourth of a Chinese ounce (liang)

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

a unit of weight, about 1 gram

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

An ancient unit of weight. Twenty-four 銖 make one 兩. The ancient 兩 equals half of today's 兩. | Blunt. People from Chu call a blunt knife 銖. This expression still exists in Wu dialect today.
Onyomi

ju(じゅ)

shu(しゅ)
Kunyomi

nibu.i(にぶい)
Strokes

14 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords
weight unit twenty fourth liang slight small amount minimal dull sharp currency sixteenth ryo edo