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金 means 'gold'

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Strokes : 8    Radical number: 167    Frequency: 79   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-3    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 10   Begins 480 words   Used in 1256 words   Used in 3111 names   Component in 177 kanji (31 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キン   コン
Kun
   かね gold; money
Additional readings
Kun    かな-   -がね
Name    かん   きむ   こ   この   ん
Variants
⾦ (Chinese)   釒   钅 (Chinese)  
Notes
Find out about the radical that gives us everything from silver (263: 銀) and steel (864: 鋼) to tools such as needles (905: 針), mirrors (462: 鏡), and pots for cooking (2088: 鍋). And let's not forget about something none of us could live without - money (734: 銭)!
Components
⿱  𠆢 (人) man  ⿻  丷 (八) eight  王 king  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 金 is used 51 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
Across all words in Japanese, 金 is used 1193 times, read 4 ways (with 3 variations).
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キン : 919 words FIND ALL
き ん よ う び 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Friday
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コン : 43 words FIND ALL
こ ん ご う り き 3 こ ん ご う り き 0
noun
superhuman (Herculean) strength
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キン (read as ぎん) : 26 words FIND ALL
ち ん ぎ ん 1
1. wages
noun
2. cash payment of rent  (this meaning is restricted to reading ちんきん)
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コン (read as ごん) : 16 words FIND ALL
お う ご ん 0
gold
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かね : 78 words FIND ALL
お か ね 0
noun
money  (see also: 金; polite (teineigo) language)
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かね (read as がね) : 63 words FIND ALL
ひ き が ね 0
Most common form: 引き鉄
noun
trigger; gunlock
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かな- (read as かな) : 48 words FIND ALL
か な し ば り 3 か な し ば り 0
noun
1. binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis
2. being tied down with money  (colloquialism)
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An additional 66 less common words include 金 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 18 (originally: 14)  Joy o' Kanji : 14  Key to Kanji: 232 

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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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