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Radical 167

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Pinyin:
  
jīn

Wade–Giles:
  
chin1

Jyutping:
  
gam1

Bopomofo:
  
ㄐㄧㄣ

Cantonese Yale:
  
gam1

Radical 167

Hiragana:
  
キン, コン kin, kon かね kane

Radical 167 meaning "gold" or "metal" is 1 of 9 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of 8 strokes. It also represents the Chinese family name, Jin, which is No. 29[1] of the Hundred Family Surnames.

In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 806 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

In the Chinese Wu Xing ("Five Phases"), 金 represents the element Metal.

Literature

  • Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1. 

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