【金】(kin,kon,kane,kana/gold,money,Friday) Japanese Kanji / N5

How to read 金

① Onyomi (Chinese reading)

The on-readings are

・きん　kin
・こん　kon
・ごん　gon

For example,
・金曜日　kin-yō-bi
　Friday
・料金　　ryō-kin
　charge, fee, price, cost
・黄金　ō-gon
　gold, golden, gold color
and so on.

② Kunyomi (Japanese reading)

Next is the kun-reading.
It’s read as

・かね
・がね
・かな

For example,
・お金　o-kane
　money
・金づち（金槌）　kana-zuchi
　hammer or ball of lead, hopeless swimmer, someone who can't swim
and so on.

Meaning of 金

Next is the meaning of the kanji for "金".
This kanji is used in the next meanings

・gold
・metal
・money

Radical of 金

And the radical of this character is 金　kane.
This character itself is a radical, a basic character.

Family name

Next, I will introduce family names in Jpapan.
Here are some family names that are famous in Japan.

・金子　kaneko
・金井　kanai
・金城　kinjō
・金田　kaneda

Personal name

There are no specific well-known personal names using the Kanji for 金

Famous person

Next, I will introduce Japanese celebrities who use the Kanji 金.

・金田 正一　Kaneda Masaichi
　He was former baseball player
　He is the winningest pitcher in Japanese professional baseball.

Anime characters

Next, I will introduce some manga and anime characters that use the kanji 金.

・金田一 一 　Kin-da-ichi Hajime
　He is a character in The Kindaichi Case Files
・遠山 金太郎　Tōyama Kintarō
　He is a character in The Prince of Tennis

Look-alikes 金

Finally, here are some kanji that are similar to 金.

・全　zen, matta-ku all, whole

↓Other kanji characters can be found in the list here↓

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