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CHINESE CHARACTER

jīn

金

金

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gold

Numbered pinyin
jin1
English meanings
metals, gold, money, ancient metal percussion instruments

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Top–bottom structure

Top–bottom arrangement: top 人; bottom (Overlapping arrangement: first part 王; second part 丷.).

  • Top

    人
  • Bottom

    ⿻
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This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿱人⿻王丷

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    zhè这shì是jīnzi金子。

    This is gold.

  2. 02

    jīnpái金牌。

    A gold medal.

  3. 03

    jīn金sè色de的qiūtiān秋天。

    A golden autumn.

  4. 04

    tā他déle得了jīnpái金牌。

    He won the gold medal.

  5. 05

    jīnqián金钱hěn很zhòngyào重要。

    Money matters.

  6. 06

    huángjīn黄金hěn很guì贵。

    Gold is expensive.

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  • 金子
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