金

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/金

Glyph origin
. is the ancient form for. Shuowen interprets it as an image of metal in the earth ('象金在土中形') with as phonetic.

Originally referred to copper; later the meaning was extended to metal as a whole, and then to gold.

Etymology
reconstructs ; compare and 🇨🇬.

“Copper” → “metals in general” → “gold”.

The main senses now are “gold” and “metal”.

The surname also appears among Manchus and one of its sources is in. Therefore, part of the Manchu people with this surname are descendants of the Qing imperial family.

Definitions

 * 1)  copper (Cu)
 * 2) metal
 * 3) metalware
 * 4) gold (Au)
 * 5) golden; blond
 * 6)  money; material wealth
 * 7)  gong or other metalware for signalling commands in the military
 * 8) respectful; precious
 * 9) one of the eight kinds of instruments
 * 10) metal, one of the five elements of 
 * 11)  fire; flame
 * 12)  roasted
 * 13)   The Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
 * , the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)
 * 1)  gong or other metalware for signalling commands in the military
 * 2) respectful; precious
 * 3) one of the eight kinds of instruments
 * 4) metal, one of the five elements of 
 * 5)  fire; flame
 * 6)  roasted
 * 7)   The Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
 * , the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)
 * 1) metal, one of the five elements of 
 * 2)  fire; flame
 * 3)  roasted
 * 4)   The Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
 * , the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)
 * , the Jurchen Later Jin state (1616–1636)

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1


→

From. Compare modern 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) gold (Au)
 * 2) money
 * 3)  metal
 * 4)   a gold general
 * 5) metal as  in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine
 * 6)  Friday
 * 1)  Friday

Affix

 * 1) metal, metallic
 * 2) gold, gold-colored
 * 3) money
 * 4)  excellent, fine, splendid

Proper noun

 * 1) the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

Etymology 2
→

From.

Noun

 * 1) metal as  in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine

Affix

 * 1) metal, metallic
 * 2) gold, gold-colored
 * 3)  excellent, fine, superb

Etymology 3


From.

Possibly derived from unbound prefix kana- fused with.

The four kanji spellings of this term, (“gold”),, , and , hint at the importance of each of these four metals in ancient Japan.

Noun

 * 1) metal
 * 2)   money
 * 3)   a carpenter’s square
 * 4)   or : metal fittings
 * 5)  fineness of gold metal, compare
 * : gold leaf
 * : gold leaf

Usage notes
The spelling is the most common for this term.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
Most likely a borrowing from  during  in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Etymology 1
From.

Possibly derived from unbound prefix kana- stemmed with nominal particle.

Noun

 * 1) a metal, especially gold

Etymology 2
From 🇰🇲.

Noun

 * : gold as a metal