The 金 radical, “gold”
Read jin. 8 strokes.
Inside a character it is also written 钅.
Here are 14 common characters that all carry this radical. It is painted red in each of them; what stays black is what tells them apart.
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qián coin
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zhōng a (large) bell
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zhēn needle
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jiàn key
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suǒ to lock
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jìng mirror
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fēng point of a spear
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zuān to drill
- tiě iron
- cuò mistake
- xiāo to melt
- zhèn to press down
- gāng steel
- pù plank bed
Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.