金

金 — gold

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #53 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きん kin

こん kon

ごん gon
Kun'yomi: かね kane

かな- kana-

-がね -gane

Example words

お金 okane money

Words that use 金

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