金

• 釒／钅 (jīn) (when used as a left Chinese radical)

金 (radical 167, 金+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 金 (C), four-corner 8010₉, composition ⿱人⿱干䒑)

1. Kangxi radical #167, ⾦.

• Index:Chinese radical/金
• 𠊄, 凎, 唫, 崯, 惍, 捦, 淦, 𫆤, 𣔋, 琻, 𥇶, 碒, 𥟨, 䘳, 𥺻, 䋮, 𫋆, 𫍀, 趛, 㕋, 崟, 菳, 㾣, 𥦨, 𥯀, 䦦, 淾

• KangXi: page 1295, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40152
• Dae Jaweon: page 1795, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4167, character 1
• Unihan data for U+91D1

Historical forms of the character 金
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *krɯm) : semantic 王 (“upside-down axe”) + semantic 呂 (“two blocks of metal”) + phonetic 亼. 亼 is the ancient form for 今 (OC *krɯm).

Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *gǝ̆m (“metal”). Compare Tedim Chin xam (“gold”) and Lepcha [script needed] (kóm, “silver, coin, money”) (Starling Database).

“Copper” [prior to 5th BCE] > “metals in general” > “gold”.

The main senses now are “gold” and “metal”.

金

1. ^† copper (Cu)
2. metal
   • 合金  ―  héjīn  ―  alloy
3. metalware
4. gold (Au)

   金屬 / 金属  ―  jīnshǔ  ―  metal

   • 金的顏色和黃銅很相似。 [MSC, trad.]
     金的颜色和黄铜很相似。 [MSC, simp.]

     Jīn de yánsè hé huángtóng hěn xiāngsì. [Pinyin]

     Gold is similar in color to brass.

5. golden; blond
   • 金髮 / 金发  ―  jīnfà  ―  blond

   • 他被獎勵了一塊金錶。 [MSC, trad.]
     他被奖励了一块金表。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bèi jiǎnglì le yīkuài jīn biǎo. [Pinyin]

     He received a golden watch as a prize.

6. (by extension) money; material wealth
   • 現金 / 现金  ―  xiànjīn  ―  cash
   • 資金 / 资金  ―  zījīn  ―  funds
   • 金錢 / 金钱  ―  jīnqián  ―  currency
7. (historical) ancient currency unit
8. (historical) gong or other metalware for signalling commands in the military
9. ^† (figuratively) sun
10. ^† (figuratively) moon
11. ^† (figuratively) respectful; noble; rich
12. ^† (figuratively) impregnable
13. ^† (figuratively) imperial
14. ^† (figuratively, of voice) beautiful; wonderful
15. Short for 金星 (Jīnxīng, “Venus”).
16. Short for 金朝 (Jīncháo, “Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)”).
17. A surname​.

Other:

• → Lao: ຄຳ (kham, “gold”)
• → Thai: คำ (kam, “gold”)

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Chemical element
Au	Previous: 白 (はっ)金 (きん) (hakkin) (Pt)
	Next: 水 (すい)銀 (ぎん) (suigin) (Hg)

金 (kane, kugane, kogane, kin): Synthetically produced crystalline gold.

金 (kane, kana, kin): Metal in general, such as metal sheeting.

金 (kane, kana, kin): Hot metal work from a blacksmith.

1. gold
2. metal

• Go-on: こん (kon, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: きん (kin, Jōyō)
• Kun: かな (kana, 金, Jōyō, uncommon); かね (kane, 金, Jōyō); くがね (kugane, 金); こがね (kogane, 金)
• Nanori: か (ka); かん (kan); きむ (kimu); こ (ko); この (kono)

From Old Japanese [Term?]. Appears to be the older form of this word. In modern Japanese, only found at the start of compounds.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠na̠]

金 (hiragana かな, rōmaji kana-)

1. metal
2. money
3. firmness, strength
4. completely, entirely

Appears to be a fusion of kana + Old Japanese emphatic nominal particle い (​i). Compare the development of modern kami from kamu + i at 神, te from ta + i at 手, me from ma + i at 目, kaze from kaza + i at 風.

/kana/ + /i/ → /*kanai/ → /kane/

The four kanji spellings of this term, 金 (“gold”), 銀 (“silver”), 銅 (“copper”), and 鉄 (“iron”), hint at the importance of each of these four metals in ancient Japan.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かね [kàné] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ne̞]

• 銀, 銅, 鉄

金 (hiragana かね, rōmaji kane)

1. money

   ⇒ お金 (​okane)

2. metal

The 金 spelling is the most common for this term.

• (money): お金 (かね) (okane)
• (metal): 金属 (きんぞく) (kinzoku)

Compound of 黄 (ku, “yellow”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”). The ku is a variation of regular kun'yomi of ki for the 黄 character.[3] The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɡa̠ne̞]

• 黄金

金 (hiragana くがね, rōmaji kugane)

1. (archaic) gold

/kuɡane/ → /koɡane/

Alteration of kugane[3], possibly influenced by metaphor from 小金 (kogane, “a small amount of money”), or by the kan'on reading of kō for the 黄 character.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こがね [kògáné] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) こ​がね [kóꜜgànè] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡa̠ne̞]

• 黄金

金 (hiragana こがね, rōmaji kogane)

1. gold
2. gold or metal currency: coins, such as 大判 (ōban) or 小判 (koban)
3. short for 黄金色 (kogane iro, “gold”, the color)
4. short for 黄金の泥 (kogane no dei, “golden mud”, gold dust suspended in an emulsion and used for painting or other decoration)

   ⇒ 金泥 (​kondei)

• 小 (こ)金 (がね) (kogane): a small amount of money
• 金 (こん)泥 (でい) (kondei): “golden mud”, gold dust suspended in an emulsion and used for painting or other decoration

From Middle Chinese 金 (kim). Compare modern Mandarin 金 (jīn).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) き​ん [kíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [kʲĩɴ]

金 (hiragana きん, rōmaji kin)

1. gold (Au)
2. money

   金 (きん)一 (いっ)封 (ぷう)をもらった。

   Kin ippū o moratta.

   I received a gift of money.

3. metal
4. (shogi) short for 金将 (kinshō, “the gold general”, a shogi piece)
5. one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine: see the "Wu Xing" entry on Wikipedia

Often found in compounds.

金 (hiragana きん, rōmaji Kin)

1. Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

From Middle Chinese 金 (kim).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) こ​ん [kóꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [kõ̞ɴ]

金 (hiragana こん, rōmaji kon)

1. one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine: see the "Wu Xing" entry on Wikipedia

金 • (gim, geum)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 김, 금 (revised: gim, geum, McCune–Reischauer: kim, kŭm, Yale: kim, kum)
  • Name (hangeul): 성, 쇠 (revised: seong, soe, McCune–Reischauer: sŏng, soe, Yale: seng, soy)

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金 • (geum) (hangeul 금)

1. gold
2. (as an abbreviation) Friday

• 金星 (금성)
• 金曜日 (금요일)

金 • (Gim) (hangeul 김)

1. A surname​.

金: Hán Việt readings: kim[1][2][3]
金: Nôm readings: kim[1][2][4], ghim[3][5], câm[2], găm[3], ghim[4]

1. Hán tự form of kim (“gold; metal”).