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金

8 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
个 ハ 并 王 金
gold
Kun:
かね、 かな-、 -がね
On:
キン、 コン、 ゴン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
53 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 金 【キン】 gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize), something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence), money, gold coin, sum (of money), Friday, karat (measure of purity of gold), carat, metal (fourth phase of Wu Xing), Jin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234), Chin dynasty, Jurchen dynasty, gold general, testicles
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 集金 【シュウキン】 money collection
  • 納金 【ノウキン】 payment
  • 金色 【キンイロ】 gold (colour, color)
  • 金剛 【コンゴウ】 vajra (indestructible substance), diamond, adamantine, thunderbolt, Indra's weapon, Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
  • 鬱金 【ウコン】 turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
  • 葛鬱金 【クズウコン】 arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
  • 漉油 【コシアブラ】 Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

Kun reading compounds

  • 金 【かね】 money, metal
  • 金持ち 【かねもち】 rich person
  • 細かい金 【こまかいかね】 small change
  • 汚れた金 【よごれたかね】 dirty money

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 きむ、 こ、 この、 ん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jin1
Korean:
gim, geum

Spanish

  • oro
  • dinero
  • metal

Portuguese

  • ouro

French

  • or
16 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
18 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
14 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
59 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4815 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
18 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
94 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
664 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
23 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
23 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
21 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1808 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2552 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1302 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1771 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
275 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40152 Morohashi
2057 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6211 New Nelson (John Haig)
269 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
287 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
79 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
72 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2872 2001 Kanji
8a0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-6 SKIP code
8010.9 Four corner code
1-22-66 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91d1 Unicode hex code

融

16 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
儿 冂 口 虫 鬲
dissolve, melt
Kun:
と.ける、 と.かす
On:
ユウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
481 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 融資 【ユウシ】 financing, loan
  • 融合 【ユウゴウ】 agglutination, adhesion, fusion, combination, blending, uniting
  • 溶融 【ヨウユウ】 melting, fusion
  • 炉心溶融 【ロシンヨウユウ】 core meltdown, meltdown, nuclear reactor core meltdown

Kun reading compounds

  • 溶ける 【とける】 to melt, to thaw, to fuse, to dissolve
  • 溶かす 【とかす】 to dissolve, to melt

Readings

Japanese names:
あきら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rong2
Korean:
yung

Spanish

  • disolver
  • derretir
  • deslizar

Portuguese

  • dissolver
  • derreter

French

  • dissoudre
  • fondre
1872 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
702 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5274 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1359 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1719 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2545 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1588 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1695 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1237 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1610 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2303 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1190 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1053 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
33384 Morohashi
1831 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5371 New Nelson (John Haig)
1044 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1123 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1865 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3071 2001 Kanji
6d10.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-10-6 SKIP code
1523.6 Four corner code
1-45-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
878d Unicode hex code

崩

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
山 月
crumble, die, demolish, level
Kun:
くず.れる、 -くず.れ、 くず.す
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
778 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 崩落 【ホウラク】 collapse, break, cave-in, crash, market decline, market crash
  • 崩壊 【ホウカイ】 collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in, (radioactive) decay, disintegration
  • 壊崩 【カイホウ】 collapse, crumbling, breaking down, caving in

Kun reading compounds

  • 崩れる 【くずれる】 to collapse, to crumble, to get out of shape, to lose one's shape, to become disorganized, to become untidy, to break down, to be thrown into disarray, to crash (stock market), to slump, to decline, to break money into small change, to turn bad (e.g. weather), to change for the worse, to deteriorate
  • 崩す 【くずす】 to destroy, to demolish, to pull down, to tear down, to level, to disturb, to put into disorder, to throw off balance, to make shaky, to relax (one's pose), to make oneself at ease, to break (a bill), to change, to make change, to write in cursive style, to write in running style, to break into a smile, to let off a smile, to lower (a price)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
beng1
Korean:
bung

Spanish

  • desmoronamiento
  • derrumbe
  • destruir
  • desmoronar
  • desmoronarse
  • desmenuzarse
  • derrumbarse

Portuguese

  • Demolir
  • murchar
  • aplainar

French

  • s'effondrer
  • mourir
  • démolir
  • niveler
1801 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1700 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1430 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1490 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1244 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1122 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1174 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1663 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
547 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2863 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1478 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1989 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
781 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8212P Morohashi
2296 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1491 New Nelson (John Haig)
774 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
836 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1426 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1246 2001 Kanji
3o8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2222.7 Four corner code
1-42-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d29 Unicode hex code

壊

16 strokes
Radical:
earth 土
Parts:
亠 十 土 買 衣
Variants:
壞
demolition, break, destroy
Kun:
こわ.す、 こわ.れる、 やぶ.る
On:
カイ、 エ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
727 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 壊滅 【カイメツ】 (complete) destruction, annihilation, devastation
  • 壊血病 【カイケツビョウ】 scurvy
  • 損壊 【ソンカイ】 damage, destruction
  • 全壊 【ゼンカイ】 complete destruction
  • 壊死 【エシ】 necrosis
  • 壊劫 【エコウ】 the kalpa of destruction (the third aeon of the universe)
  • 不壊 【フエ】 indestructibility
  • 金剛不壊 【コンゴウフエ】 firm and solid, sturdy and indestructible, unshakable, adamantine

Kun reading compounds

  • 壊す 【こわす】 to break, to destroy, to demolish, to wreck, to ruin, to spoil, to damage, to break (a bill, etc.)
  • 壊れる 【こわれる】 to be broken, to break, to fall apart, to collapse, to be destroyed, to be damaged, to break (down), to stop working, to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.), to collapse, to break down (of a relationship, negotiations, etc.), to be broken off, to be ruined (of an atmosphere, one's image, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
huai4, pi1
Korean:
koe

Spanish

  • colapso
  • derrumbe
  • destrucción
  • romper
  • romperse
  • averiarse

Portuguese

  • demolição
  • quebrar
  • destruir

French

  • démolition
  • casser
  • détruire
1066 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1266 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1147 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1578 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1171 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2602 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1407 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1496 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1038 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
390 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
934 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
524 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
407 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5541P Morohashi
756 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1102 New Nelson (John Haig)
400 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
427 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1822 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1465 2001 Kanji
3b13.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
4413.2 Four corner code
1-18-85 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58ca Unicode hex code