Kanji Kaisen

字の旅3,000 years in three forms

Bronze · Western ZhouWestern Zhou · c. 1000 BCE利簋 (early Western Zhou)

Bronze: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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金

金 metal, gold (side form)

かねへん kanehen · side form of 金 かね kane

8 strokesRadical of 35 kanjiPart of 35

Your ink in 金0% painted · 0 of 35 familiar

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound形聲

Semantic 士 or 王, + semantic 呂 (“two blocks of metal”) + phonetic 亼 (今).

Source: Wiktionary, 金 (rev. 94507195), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Forge the future! This radical represents the practical, hardworking side of metal—the sharp blades, resonant bells, and sturdy machinery that literally shape our modern world. When it sits on the left, it tells you that the meaning involves physical tools, hard minerals, or the specialized "worth" of metallic objects. It is the radical of the master blacksmith, the jeweler's craft, and the engineer's vision.”

Where it sits in a kanji

Indicates physical tools (knives, needles), various metals (silver, iron, copper), minerals, machinery, and the trade and market value of metal goods.

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What it grows into

Built from 金, with sourced origins
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Every kanji with 金 as its radical

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

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