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
Kim Dae-jung, former South Korean president
Kinshasa, capital of Zaire
edible-nest swiftlet; bird for bird's nest
Chinese greenfinch bird
Midas touch; golden touch
private fund; private hoard; slush fund
money worship
Buckinghamshire (English county)
Zijin county in Heyuan hé yuán, Guangdong
Purple Mountain in Nanjing
touchstone; fig. test that sth is genuine
precious metal
to win top marks in the imperial examinations
golden sand; Jinsha, a place name
Ca Mau, Vietnam
Jinhua prefecture-level city in Zhejiang
leopard
quinine powder
carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
nonmetal (chemistry)
lit. house made of gold; fig. luxurious residence
metallurgy
metallurgy
to gild
land is extremely expensive (in that area) (idiom)