Radical 167
| 金 | |
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Radical 167 (U+2FA6)
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| 金 (U+91D1) "gold, metal" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | jīn |
| Bopomofo: | ㄐㄧㄣ |
| Wade–Giles: | chin1 |
| Cantonese Yale: | gam1 |
| Jyutping: | gam1 |
| Japanese Kana: | キン kin / コン kon (on'yomi) かね kane (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 금 geum |
| Hán-Việt: | kim |
| Names | |
| Chinese name(s): | (釒钅) 金字旁 jīnzìpáng (Bottom) 金字底 jīnzìdǐ |
| Japanese name(s): | 金/かね kane (釒) 金偏/かねへん kanehen |
| Hangul: | 쇠 soe, 김 gim |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 167 or radical gold (金部) meaning "gold" or "metal" is one of the 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 8 strokes. It also represents the Chinese family name, Jin, which is No. 29[1] of the Hundred Family Surnames.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 806 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In the Chinese Wuxing ("Five Phases"), 金 represents the element Metal.
金 is also the 176th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with 钅 (Simp.) and 釒 (Trad.) listed as its associated indexing components.
In Chinese names for chemical elements, 釒/钅means that this element is solid metal at room temperature and standard pressure.