Kanji 金 — "Gold"
Here is what 金 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Gold" stick.
How it is read
きん, こん, ごん
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
かね, かな-, -がね
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Gold as a component, Gold as a kanji — nothing to it!
- 金 Gold
Umbrella (𠆢), King (王), and Horns (丷) combined - it's something with horns on the king's head, which is a crown made of Gold! It might be a bit complex, but don't worry, you'll see it often enough to remember.
Words that use 金
12 of 36 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 金 かね / きん gold, metal, money
- お金 おかね money
- 借金 しゃっきん debt, loan, liabilities
- 現金 げんきん cash
- 資金 しきん funds, capital
- 大金 たいきん large amount of money
- 金持ち かねもち rich person
- 金額 きんがく amount of money
- 金庫 きんこ safe, vault
- 貯金 ちょきん (bank) savings, money saved
- 金曜日 きんようび Friday
- 金属 きんぞく metal
Want 金 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
