きん

See also: ぎん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きん – see the following entries.

【斤】S [noun] (historical) catty; kin (weight) [noun] (chiefly Okinawa) catty, a unit of weight equaling approximately 600 grams, or a unit of volume equaling approximately 600 cubic centimeters [counter] loaf of bread

【金】1 [noun] gold (Au) [noun] money [noun] short for 金属 (kinzoku): metal [noun] (shogi) short for 金将 (kinshō): a gold general [noun] metal as one of the five classical elements in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine [noun] short for 金曜日 (kin’yōbi): Friday [affix] metal, metallic [affix] gold, gold-colored [affix] money [affix] (by extension of “golden”) excellent, fine, splendid [proper noun] the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

【菌】S [noun] fungus, germ, bacterium

【琴】S [noun] a guqin, qin (seven-stringed Chinese zither) [affix] guqin (ancient Chinese seven-stringed zither) or other related instruments [affix] any stringed or keyboard instrument [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

【禁】5 [noun] ban, prohibition [noun] banned, prohibited, forbidden

【襟】S [noun] a neckband; a collar; a lapel

(This term, きん (kin), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as きん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きん.)

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