Onyomi: キン, コン, ゴン · Kunyomi: -がね, かな-, かね · Meanings: gold
Kanji for gold
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The kanji 金 began as an image of metal nuggets or ore buried underground. In ancient times, it symbolized precious materials like gold, silver, and bronze that humans mined from the earth. Over centuries, it came to represent not only metal but also wealth, money, and value. The character reminds us of the glitter hidden beneath the soil — treasures waiting to be discovered through patience and effort.
Deep beneath the earth, shiny treasures wait. 金 means gold, metal, or money — symbols of beauty, strength, and worth.
Think of glittering gold hidden in the ground — that’s 金, the metal that gleams with promise and value.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 黄金 | おうごん | gold (Au) | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 金 | かね | money | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 金 | きん | gold (metal) | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 黄金 | こがね | gold | common Noun |
| 金曜日 | きんようび | Friday | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 金属 | きんぞく | metal | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 金融 | きんゆう | finance, financing, credit transacting, loaning of money, circulation of money | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 金庫 | きんこ | safe, strongbox, cashbox, vault, strongroom | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 金銭 | きんせん | money, cash | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 金額 | きんがく | amount of money, sum | common JLPT-N3 Noun |