Axe, Bread Loaf Counter
The axe radical and the axe kanji are exactly the same, with one minor difference. This kanji is also used as the bread loaf counter, probably because bread was so big and hard in the past that they had to use axes to slice them.
Imagine you've gone back in time a good hundred years, and you're trying to count loaves of bread after each swing of your axe. Axes and bread loaves will become intertwined in your brain.
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You imagined being back in time too good and now you're stuck using an axe to be a bread loaf counter for the King (きん) of England. You aren't sure which king he is or when in time you are, but he's mean and keeps eating all the bread you cut up with your axe.
Imagine being stuck using an axe on bread while the King of England glares down at you, munching and spilling crumbs everywhere.