jīn
囮
radical for metals
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesradical
the gold radical or metal radical in Chinese characters
The left-side component for characters related to metals. It is a simplified form of 釒 (金). It is not used as an independent word.
Hàn汉
zì字
'
tiě铁
'
、
'
gāng钢
'
、
'
yín银
'
dōu都
bāo包
hán含
'
jīn钅
'
zì字
páng旁
。
Characters like '铁' (iron), '钢' (steel), and '银' (silver) all contain the '钅' radical.
Jiǎn简
huà化
zì字
zhōng中
，
'
jīn钅
'
shì是
'
jīn金
'
zì字
zuò作
wéi为
piān偏
páng旁
shí时
de的
xiě写
fǎ法
。
In simplified Chinese, '钅' is the form of the character '金' (metal/gold) when used as a radical.