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金gold

gold. 8 strokes. 22 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 1 to 6 are written with it.

Meaning goldStrokes 8Characters 22Also written 钅

How to write 金

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Stroke order chart for the 金 radical — 8 strokes

The shapes it is written in

钅 in 20 characters, 金 in 2 characters. They are one radical: a part changes shape to fit where it sits in the character, and the dictionary gives every shape the same meaning.

What it tells you about a character

Of the 22 characters below, 19 are pictophonetic with 金 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.

The 22 characters

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 金 family

HSK 1 · 1

钱qián

HSK 2 · 4

错cuò铁tiě钟zhōng银yín

HSK 3 · 1

金jīn

HSK 4 · 4

销xiāo针zhēn锻duàn镜jìng

HSK 5 · 5

锅guō钢gāng键jiàn铃líng锁suǒ

HSK 6 · 7

镇zhèn鉴jiàn铺pù铅qiān铜tóng锋fēng钻zuān

Words they appear in

不(bù)错(cuò)pretty good, not bad
做得或表现得让人满意
地(dì)铁(tiě)the subway, the metro
在地下轨道上运行的城市交通工具
地(dì)铁(tiě)站(zhàn)subway station
乘客上下地铁、换乘的停靠点
分(fēn)钟(zhōng)minute (unit of time)
计量时间长短的一种单位
银(yín)行(háng)bank
专门办理存钱取钱业务的机构
银(yín)行(háng)卡(kǎ)bank card
银行发行、可以用来存取付款的卡片
金(jīn)牌(pái)the first-place gold medal
比赛中获得第一名的选手拿到的奖牌
铁(tiě)路(lù)railway line
火车行驶用的长长的路,是用铁做的
现(xiàn)金(jīn)cash, physical banknotes
看得见摸得着的钱,不是卡里的数字
资(zī)金(jīn)capital, funds for a project
用来投资或办事的一大笔钱
价(jià)钱(qián)the asking price of goods
买东西时双方说定的钱数
错(cuò)误(wù)a flawed, mistaken result
做得不对、需要改正的地方
钟(zhōng)a clock
挂在墙上或摆在桌上、能显示时间的器具
铁(tiě)iron, metal
一种坚硬的金属材料