金 Radical 167 — metal; gold
jīn (first tone, high and level)
metal; gold
Radical 1678 strokes0 characters
Also written 钅 · 釒 — the same radical in a different position inside the character.
Where the shape comes from
Nuggets in the ground under a cover: the two short strokes inside are the lumps of ore, 土 below them the earth they lie in, and the pointed top the roof of the shaft. It marks metals and metal objects — 钱, 银, 钟, 针 — written 钅 on the left of a simplified character.
characters filed under 金
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