金

Jin1
#260 most
frequent character
surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

金 began as a picture of an axe and metal plates, so its first meaning was 'copper.' From there it widened to 'metals,' 'gold,' 'money,' and 'precious.' The top part was once 今, which supplied the sound; on the left it is written 钅.

Drawn as: axe; metal plates

金 as a component in other characters

meaning9 characters
鉴釜鋈鍪鏖鎏鏊鐾銎
sound2 characters
淦唫
picture4 characters
鑫銮錾蓥

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Same Characters, Different Readings

金jīn
gold

Homophones

津Jin1
abbr. for Tianjin 天津[Tian1 jin1]

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