金 means “gold, money”

きん · kin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かね, かな-

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キン, コン, ゴン

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 1 · 8 strokes

The story

From the golden pavilion of Kinkaku-ji to Friday (金曜日), this kanji glitters everywhere. 金 means both the metal gold and money itself: the most precious substance became the word for all currency.

Used in 金曜日 (kinyoubi, Friday) and お金 (okane, money)

Words with 金

• 金色 (きんいろ, kin'iro): golden color
• 金色 (きんいろ, kin'iro): golden color

More from Colors & Shapes

• 銀 silver
• 丸 circle
• 角 angle
• 線 line
• 形 shape
• 点 point
• 面 face
• 太 thick
• 細 thin
• 赤 red
• 青 blue
• 白 white

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.