金
jīnTraditional: 金
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Translation
gold, metal, money
Word origin
A pictograph that originally showed nuggets of metal beneath a roof or in the earth. It came to stand for gold and metal generally, and serves as the metal radical in many characters.
- Origin
- pictographic
- Root
- depiction of metal nuggets in the earth
Stroke order
金
Examples
纯。
This is a piece of pure gold.
项链。
She is wearing a gold necklace.
格涨。
The price of gold has risen again.
。
Time is money.
牌。
He won the gold medal.
金 (jīn) means gold, metal or by extension money. It is also one of the common semantic radicals for metals.
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