Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 2
金 gold, money
- Meaning
- gold, money
- On reading
- キン
- Kun reading
- かね
Memory hook
A roof over 土 (earth) with two specks tucked underneath: gold in a mine. キン in compounds, かね on its own.
Words that use 金
金曜日
きんようび
Friday
お金
おかね
money
How to write 金
Stroke order · 8 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The diagonal down to the right.
- 3 to 4. Horizontal.
- 5. Vertical.
- 6. A short dot.
- 7. The sweep down to the left.
- 8. Horizontal.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
金 is taught on day 6 of the kanji course, alongside 木 土, with two writing passes and a short quiz.