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黃金

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See also: 黄金

Chinese

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yellow metal; gold; money
trad. (黃金)
simp. (黄金)
anagram 金黃金黄

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (33) (28)
Final () (102) (140)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter hwang kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɦwɑŋ/ /kˠiɪm/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɦʷɑŋ/ /kᵚim/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɣuɑŋ/ /kiem/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɦwaŋ/ /kjim/
Li
Rong
/ɣuɑŋ/ /kjəm/
Wang
Li
/ɣuɑŋ/ /kĭĕm/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɣwɑŋ/ /ki̯əm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huáng jīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wong4 gam1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
huáng jīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ hwang › ‹ kim ›
Old
Chinese
/*N-kʷˁaŋ/ /*k(r)[ə]m/
English yellow metal, bronze

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 5380 6679
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɡʷaːŋ/ /*krɯm/
Notes

Noun

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黃金

  1. gold
  2. (literary) money
  3. (obsolete) copper
  4. (humorous) poop

Synonyms

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  • (gold):

Adjective

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黃金

  1. (attributive, figurative) golden; best
    黃金時間黄金时间  ―  huángjīn shíjiān  ―  prime time

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (黃金):

Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of 黃金 – see the following entry.
黄金おうごん
[noun] gold (Au) as a metal
[noun] gold as a colour
[noun] money, more specifically the large 大判 (ōban) gold coins formerly used in Japan
黄金こうきん
[noun] (obsolete) money
[noun] (obsolete) gold (Au) as a metal
[noun] (obsolete) gold as a colour
黄金こがね
[noun] gold (Au) as a metal
[noun] money, more specifically the large 大判 (ōban) gold coins formerly used in Japan
[noun] Short for 黄金色 (kogane iro): gold as a colour
[noun] Short for 黄金の泥 (kogane no dei): powdered gold suspended in a base and used as paint
Alternative spelling
黄金きがね
[noun] (rare) gold (Au) as a metal
[noun] (rare) money, often referring more specifically to the large 大判 (ōban) or smaller 小判 (koban) gold coins formerly used in Japan
(This term, 黃金, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Old Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From (ku, combining form of ki2, “yellow) +‎ (kane, metal).

The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

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黃金 (kugane) (kana くがね)

  1. gold as a metal
    Coordinate terms: (akagane), (kuro₁gane), (siro₁gane)

Descendants

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  • > Japanese: 黄金 (kogane) (inherited)