8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 1st grade
JLPT exam level N5

gold

Kun'yomi
  • money ②metal
  • -がね
  • かな-
On'yomi
  • gold (metal) ②something of great value ③money ④karat (measure of purity of gold) ⑤metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing)
  • コン
  • ゴン
Nanori
  • かん
  • きむ
  • この

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

キン 46.6%
きむ 26.0%
かね-がね 19.7%
コンゴン 5.2%
かな- 2.4%

Character Breakdown

gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide

Common Words

money ②metal
gold (metal) ②something of great value ③money ④karat (measure of purity of gold) ⑤metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing)
gold (Au) ②golden ③money (esp. ōban coin)
safe ②depository
debt ②number of games under the .500 mark
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References

Unicode hex code 91D1
JIS X 0208 1-22-66
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4815
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6211
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 23
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Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 18
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AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 1.A
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1808
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 275
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a0.1
Four corner code 8010.9
De Roo Code 2872