jīn

gold; money; golden

HSK 4 #260

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 260th character
Radical ⾦ (167.0)
Strokes 8
Index # 1166

Definitions

金 jīn
  1. 1. gold
  2. 2. money
  3. 3. golden
  4. 4. generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
  5. 5. chemical element Au
  6. 6. surname Jin
  7. 7. surname Kim (Korean)
  8. 8. highly respected
  9. 9. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
  10. 10. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments bā yīn

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Words containing 金

Word Meaning
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease
traditional money gift at a funeral
cash in hand
cash in hand
Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
love is more solid than gold (idiom)
love is more solid than gold (idiom)
Germain's swiftlet bird species
Germain’s swiftlet bird
cash in hand
cash in hand
J. R. R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings writer
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
store credit (credit to be spent at a specified retailer)
money worship
materialistic woman; (slang) gold-digger
index fund
index fund
to outline in gold
fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
relief payment; compensation payment (for injury)
consolation money; compensation
consolation money; compensation
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat