IDENTITY
金jīngold; metal
HSK 3Top 130
CORE MEANING
gold; metal
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.goldHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 金metal radical (jīn)
- strokes
- 8
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱人⿻王丷
- roof shape on top
- king; the ingot body
- dots of gold grains
USAGE
Common words
金色jīnsègolden
金牌jīnpáigold medal
现金xiànjīncash
Graded examples
他赢得了金牌。Tā yíngdé le jīnpái.HSK4
He won the gold medal.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
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LEARNING
Memory aid
Grains of gold (丷) buried in the earth for a king (王).
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #130
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
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