金
Meaning
- gold
- chemical element Au
- generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
Example sentence
沉默是金。
Silence is golden.
The character 金
金 is metal and gold at once, and as a radical it narrows to 钅 at the left of 钱, 银, 错 and 钟. 黄金 the metal, 现金 cash, 奖金 a bonus, 美金 the US dollar — money is metal here.