金 — JLPT N5 Kanji

金 (kin/kon/kane): gold. JLPT N5 kanji.

Character Info

Kanji Strokes JLPT Radical Radical Meaning
8 N5 gold/metal

Readings

Type Reading Romaji Notes
On (音) キン/コン kin/kon Chinese-origin (音読み)
Kun (訓) かね/かな kane/kana gold; money; metal

Meanings

  1. gold
  2. money
  3. metal
  4. Friday

Vocabulary

Word Reading Romaji English JLPT
金曜日 きんようび kin-youbi Friday N5
お金 おかね okane money N5
金色 きんいろ kin-iro golden color N4
黄金 おうごん ougon gold N3
金属 きんぞく kinzoku metal N3

Stroke Order

Top: 人 shape (2 strokes). 2 more above. Middle: 土 (earth, 3 strokes). Bottom: 2 dots.

Mnemonic

Gold nuggets (dots at bottom) buried in the earth (土) — precious metal mined from the ground.

Common Mistakes

金 (gold/money) vs 全 (complete/all) — 全 has similar top structure but different bottom components.