Radical 167

← 166 Radical 167 (U+2FA6) 168 →
(U+91D1) "gold, metal"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:jīn
Bopomofo:ㄐㄧㄣ
Wade–Giles:chin1
Cantonese Yale:gam1
Jyutping:gam1
Japanese Kana:キン kin / コン kon (on'yomi)
かね kane (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:금 geum
Hán-Việt:kim
Names
Chinese name(s):(釒钅) 金字旁 jīnzìpáng
(Bottom) 金字底 jīnzìdǐ
Japanese name(s):金/かね kane
(釒) 金偏/かねへん kanehen
Hangul:쇠 soe, 김 gim
Stroke order animation

Radical 167 or radical gold (金部) meaning "gold" or "metal" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes. It also represents the Chinese family name, Jin, which is No. 29[1] of the Hundred Family Surnames.

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 806 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

In the Chinese Wuxing ("Five Phases"), 金 represents the element Metal.

is also the 176th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with (Simp.) and (Trad.) listed as its associated indexing components.