Metal Radical

jīnAlias: Metal Radical

Strokes 8 strokes

Position Left

Characters 3 hanzi

Variants钅

Semantic Meaning

Chinese character radical: Metal Radical

Mnemonic Memory Tip

Nuggets of gold / metal buried underground. Simplified as (钅) for all metal and coins.

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Chinese Characters with Radical 金 (3)

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8 strokes

金

jīn

gold.

10 strokes

釜

fǔ

cauldron.

13 strokes

鉴

jiàn

mirror.