(jīn)

gold; money; metals

How 金 is written

Strokes
8
Traditional
Simplified
(unchanged)

Common words using 金

現金 xiànjīn
cash
資金 zījīn
funds; funding; capital
金字塔 jīnzìtǎ
pyramid (building or structure)
金幣 jīnbì
gold coin
金枝玉葉 jīnzhīyùyè
golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty
金牛 jīnniú
Taurus (star sign); Jinniu district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan
金牛座 jīnniúzuò
Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
金融 jīnróng
banking; finance; financial
金錢 jīnqián
money; currency
金陵 jīnlíng
pre-Han name for Nanjing; common place name
黃金 huángjīn
gold
公積金 gōngjījīn
official reserves; accumulated fund

金 in a sentence

這是純金做的項鍊。

Zhè shì chúnjīn zuò de xiàngliàn.

“This is a necklace made of pure gold.”

How common is 金?

金 is the 260th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 61.5% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 金

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