金 — gold, money, metal
おかね
金
gold
おかね
U+91D1
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #53
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #269
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Radical #167
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Meanings
- gold
- money
- metal
Readings
- On'yomi
- きん kin こん kon ごん gon
- Kun'yomi
- かね kane かな kana がね gane
word
かね ・がね kane Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
きん ・ぎん kin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
こん ・ごん kon On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
かな kana Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
100 wordsEach dot is a word containing 金: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 57 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Atomic component This kanji has no further breakdown — it's a primitive building block used to compose others.