| 金 | ||
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| 金 (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 | |
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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.
金 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 钅 (Simp.) and 釒 (Trad.) listed as its associated indexing components.