金

Meanings: gold, money On Readings: キン kin, コン kon Kun Readings: かね kane, かな kana Most Used Pronunciation: kin (gold), kane (money) JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 金 Stroke Number: 8

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Common jukugo
お金 - お　かね o kane - money
賞金 - しょう　きん shou kin - prize money
金曜日 - きん　よう　び kin you bi - Friday
送金 - そう　きん sou kin - sending (transfering) money
金魚 - きん　ぎょ kin gyo - gold fish
金鉱 - きん　こう kin kou - gold ore, gold mine
砂金 - さ　きん sa kin - gold dust
座金 - ざ　がね za gane - (metal) washer
残金 - ざん　きん zan kin - balance, surplus
資金 - し　きん shi kin - funds, capital
慰労金 - いろうきん iroukin - bonus, reward for one's services

Useful Examples
Japanese: お金も時間もない。
Romaji: okane mo jikan mo nai.
English: I don't have money nor time.

Japanese: 少しお金を貸していただけませんか？
Romaji: sukoshi okane o kashite itadakemasen ka?
English: Would you mind lending me some money?

Japanese: 彼は何でもお金に換算してしまう。
Romaji: Kare wa nandemo okane ni kansanshiteshimau.
Literal: He anything money as evaluates.
English: He thinks of everything in terms of money.

Japanese: その谷で金が見つかったといううわさがある。
Romaji: sono tani de kin ga mitsukatta to iuu wasa ga aru.
English: There is a rumor that gold has been found in the valley.

Japanese: その研究に使える金はほとんどない。
Romaji: sono kenkyuu ni tsukaeru kane wa hotondonai.
English: We have little money available for the research.

Japanese: その金がすべて衣服に使われた。
Romaji: sono kane ga subete ifuku ni tsukawareta.
English: All the money was spent on clothes.

Japanese: どのくらいの料金がかかりますか。
Romaji: dono kurai no ryoukin ga kakarimasu ka.
English: How much will it cost?

Japanese: あなたの計画は多額の金を必要とします。
Romaji: anata no keikaku wa tagaku no kane o hitsuyou to shimasu.
English: Your plan requires a large amount of money.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
Think of gold being buried deep within a hill

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.