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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a bell (cast metal) with bumps.

Also simplified from in some characters, such as (from ).

金 金 金 金
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

[edit] Han character

Gold bullion 2.jpg

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

  1. gold (Au)
  2. metals in general
  3. money, material wealth, precious stones/gemstone/jewels &/or minerals
  4. used as a surname (in China and Korea)

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[edit] References

  • 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

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[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping gam1, Yale gam1)


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(kim)

  1. to rest

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(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Japanese.

[edit] Noun

(hiragana かね, romaji kane)

  1. money
  2. metal

[edit] Etymology 2

From Chinese .

[edit] Noun

(hiragana きん, romaji kin)

  1. gold (Au)
  2. money
    金一封をもらった。
    きんいっぷうをもらった。
    kin'ippū o moratta.
    I received a gift of money.
  3. (shogi) short for 金将 (kinsho, the gold general, a shogi piece)

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Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): ,  (revised: gim, geum, McCune-Reischauer: kim, kŭm, Yale: kim, kum)
  • Name (hangeul): ,  (revised: seong, soe, McCune-Reischauer: sŏng, soe, Yale: seng, soy)

[edit] Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin jīn (jin1), jìn (jin4), Wade-Giles chin1, chin4)

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*gyim)


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(kim, ghim, găm)

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