金 jīn metal; gold
Made with 8 strokes.
A contraction of the symbols for nuggets hidden in the ground
Ancient small seal form 
Sounds same
津 jīn (ferry crossing) ; 今 jīn (modern) ; 斤 jīn (axe) ; 巾 jīn (scarf)Different tone
近 jìn (near) ; 晋 jìn ; 进 jìn (to advance) ; 禁 jìn (to prohibit)This character is also represented as a radical in the form: 钅 jīn
Pronunciation
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金华 Jinhua, ZhejiangProverbs
赐子千金不如教子一艺 cì zǐ qiān jīn bù rú jiào zǐ yī yì Learning a new skill will pay dividends in the future点石成金 diǎn shí chéng jīn To turn something of little worth into something of great value
千金买笑 qiān jīn mǎi xiào A target that is very hard to attain. Spending lavishly to attract an alluring woman, A variant of the proverb uses ‘horses bones'’ <% ChUni (??) %> instead of a smile but the meaning is the same - needless extravagance.
人无完人,金无足赤 rén wú wán rén, jīn wú zú chì Having to settle for something less than perfection
一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn, cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An inch of time is an inch of gold, but an inch of time cannot be purchased by an inch of gold.
一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn A literary work of great quality and perfection that can not be improved and more generally applied to very helpful words of advice. The story is of a great writer who offered a reward to anyone who could suggest adding or removing a single character from a work he was very pleased with - the reward went unclaimed.