Kanji for “Gold” and “Money”: 金 (kin / kane)
The Japanese Kanji for “Gold” is 金. Moreover, because of the historical and practical associations between the precious metal and monetary systems, the Kanji 金 also means “money.” However, the primary meaning of 金 is “metal” in general though it denotes the metal gold more specifically. The kun’yomi (Japanese reading) pronunciations of the Kanji 金 are “kane” (かね) and “kana”
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