The kanji 金: meaning, readings and stroke order

金

Meaning: gold, money
On reading: キン kin、コン kon
Kun reading: かね kane、かな* kana
Strokes: 8
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: vàng, tiền (kim)
Japanese: おかね。きん。
Korean: 금, 돈 (금·김)
Chinese: 金子、钱

Readings, words and example sentences

キン kin · on reading

金きん
gold
川で 金きんのつぶを見つけました。
I found a bit of gold in the river.

コン kon · on reading · less common

金こん色じき
gold color
おてらのやねが 金こん色じきに光っています。
The temple roof is shining gold.

かね kane · kun reading

お金かね
money
さいふから お金おかねを出します。
I take money out of my wallet.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.