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金
Jīn
1. surname Jin
2. surname Kim (Korean)
3. Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

金
jīn
gold, metal; money
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

五金
wǔjīn
metal hardware (nuts and bolts)
亚金
Yàjīn
Achim (son of Zadok in Matthew 1:14)
佣金
yòngjīn
commission
冶金
yějīn
metallurgy
前金
Qiánjīn
Qianjin or Chienchin district of Kaohsiung city [[高雄市<Gāoxióngshì>]], south Taiwan
包金
bāojīn
cover with gold leaf
汇金
huìjīn
finance
千金
qiānjīn
thousand jin [[斤]] (pounds) of gold
厘金
líjīn
a form of transit taxation in China introduced to finance armies to suppress the Taiping Rebellion
合金
héjīn
alloy
吞金
tūnjīn
to commit suicide by swallowing gold
含金
hánjīn
metal bearing (ore)
吸金
xījīn
money-spinning
基金
jījīn
fund
HSK 6
夺金
duójīn
to snatch gold
定金
dìngjīn
down payment
小金
Xiǎojīn
Xiaojin county (Tibetan: btsan lha rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture [[阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州<ĀbàZàngzúQiāngzúzìzhìzhōu>]], northwest Sichuan
尤金
Yóujīn
Eugene (name)
巴金
BāJīn
Ba Jin (1904-2005), novelist, author of the trilogy [[家]], [[春]], [[秋]]
帛金
bójīn
traditional money gift at a funeral

Alternate Entries

金
jīn
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight ancient musical instruments [[八音<bāyīn>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
259
Word Frequency Rank
368 of 84,292