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金 — gold; money (JLPT N5 kanji)

gold; money

 

8 strokesgrade 1 (Japan)JLPT N5very common

Stroke order

Readings

On’yomi (Chinese-derived)
Kun’yomi (native Japanese)

Meanings

goldmoney

Words with 金

money
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Appears in these kanji

silver
needle
record
iron
small bell
coin; money
gun
steel
chain
mineral; ore
mirror; model
inscription
sharp
brocade
copper
mirror
fish with a rod
dull; slow

In the vocabulary

This is all the money there is.

How to remember it

Imagine a roof over a store of treasure. The two small marks near the bottom are nuggets of gold: gold and money.