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金

金 – gold

8 strokesTaught in grade 1#53 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 金 means gold. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キン、コン、ゴン (kin, kon, gon); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かね、かな-、-がね (kane, kana, gane). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

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Readings

TypeReadingRomaji
On’yomiキンkin
On’yomiコンkon
On’yomiゴンgon
Kun’yomiかねkane
Kun’yomiかな-kana
Kun’yomi-がねgane

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 王・ハ・个・并.

Words using 金

お金おかねmoney金曜日きんようびFridayお金持ちかねもちrich person金かねmoney金きんgold (metal)借金しゃっきんdebt税金ぜいきんtax金額きんがくamount of money金庫きんこsafe金銭きんせんmoney金属きんぞくmetal金融きんゆうfinance現金げんきんcash料金りょうきんfee代金だいきんprice貯金ちょきんputting money aside奨学金しょうがくきんscholarship金魚きんぎょgoldfish (Carassius auratus)集金しゅうきんmoney collection賞金しょうきんprize money針金はりがねwire黄金おうごんgold (Au)金槌かなづちhammer基金ききんfund

Example sentences

どうやってそのお金を手に入れたんですか。
How did you come by the money?
Tatoeba #232498
金曜日の銀行は遅じまいだ。
The bank shuts late on Fridays.
Tatoeba #179621
叔母は非常なお金持ちだからといって、それだけ幸せというわけではない。
My aunt is none the happier for her great wealth.
Tatoeba #227567

Kanji with the same radical

銀針録鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡釣

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.