HSK Guide

部首 167metal; gold

jīn (first tone, high and level)

metal; gold

部首 1678 画0 汉字

Also written · — 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.

汉字 filed under

No published character on HSK Guide is filed under this radical yet. 汉字库.