Radicals › #167 金
金
金 — the “metal” radical
the 金 radical — metals, money (very common) 31 of the JLPT kanji on this site are built with it — recognizing the piece makes them far easier to remember.
Kanji using the 金 radical (31)
金gold銀silver針needle, pin録record鉄iron鈴small bell, buzzer銭coin, .01 yen銃gun, arms鋼steel鎖chain, irons鉱mineral, ore鑑specimen, take warning from銘inscription, signature (of artisan)鋭pointed, sharpness錦brocade, fine dress銅copper鏡mirror, speculum釣angling, fish鈍dull, slow鎌sickle, scythe鎮tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers鐘bell, gong鉛lead錯confused, mix鍛forge, discipline鉢bowl, rice tub錠lock, fetters鋳casting, mint錬tempering, refine銑pig iron錘weight, plumb bob
Radicals (部首, bushu) are the shared building blocks of kanji, used to sort them in every dictionary. Learn the common ones and new kanji stop looking random.
