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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N5

53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: gold

Kunyomi: かね, かな-, -がね

Onyomi: キン, コン, ゴン

金

Radical

Radical: 金

Reading: かね

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

⾦

Examples

Examples with audio

金曜日(きんようび)   Friday

金属(きんぞく)   metal

金髪(きんぱつ)   blond hair

金魚(きんぎょ)   goldfish

金額(きんがく)   amount of money

奨学金(しょうがくきん)   scholarship

罰金(ばっきん)   a fine

現金(げんきん)   cash

預金する(よきんする)   deposit in a bank

金色(こんじき/きんいろ)   gold colored

お金(おかね)   money

金物(かなもの)   hardware

Onyomi Examples

金 (キン) gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles

金色 (キンイロ) gold (colour, color)

集金 (シュウキン) money collection

納金 (ノウキン) payment

金色 (キンイロ) gold (colour, color)

金剛 (コンゴウ) vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth

鬱金 (ウコン) turmeric (Curcuma domestica)

葛鬱金 (クズウコン) arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)

漉油 (コシアブラ) Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

Kunyomi Examples

金 (かね) money, metal

金持ち (かねもち) rich person, wealthy person

細かい金 (こまかいかね) small change

汚れた金 (よごれたかね) dirty money

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