黄金

Japanese

Kanji in this term
黄	金

Etymology 1

From Sinitic 黄金. Go'on reading.

Noun

黄金 (hiragana おうごん, romaji ōgon, historical hiragana わうごん)

1. The metal gold (Au).
2. The color gold.
3. Money, more specifically, the large 大判 (ōban) gold coins formerly used in Japan.

Usage notes

The reading ōgon the more common on'yomi for this term.

Synonyms

• (color):
  • 黄金色 (こがねいろ, kogane iro)
  • 金色 (きんいろ, kin'iro; きんしょく, kinshoku; こんじき, konjiki)

Etymology 2

From Sinitic 黄金. Kan'on reading.

Noun

黄金 (hiragana こうきん, romaji kōkin, historical hiragana くゎうきん)

1. Money.
2. The metal gold (Au).
3. The color gold.

Usage notes

The reading ōgon the more common on'yomi for this term.

Etymology 3

Compound of 黄 (ki, “yellow”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”). Kun reading. The kane changes to gane due to rendaku (連濁).

Noun

黄金 (hiragana きがね, romaji kigane)

1. The metal gold (Au).
2. Money. In modern Japanese, often refers to the large 大判 (ōban) or smaller 小判 (koban) gold coins formerly used in Japan.

Usage notes

The reading kogane is the more common kun'yomi for this term.

Etymology 4

Variant of kigane above.

Noun

黄金 (hiragana くがね, romaji kugane)

1. The metal gold (Au).
2. Money.

Usage notes

The reading kogane is the more common kun'yomi for this term.

Alternative forms

• 金

Etymology 5

Variant of kugane above.

Noun

黄金 (hiragana こがね, romaji kogane)

1. The metal gold (Au).
2. Money.
3. The color gold.
4. Short for 黄金の泥 (kogane no dei): powdered gold suspended in a base and used as a paint.

Usage notes

The reading kogane is the more common kun'yomi for this term.

Synonyms

• (color):
  • 黄金色 (こがねいろ, kogane iro)
  • 金色 (きんいろ, kin'iro; きんしょく, kinshoku; こんじき, konjiki)
• (gold paint):
  • 小金の泥 (こがねのでい, kogane no dei)
  • 金泥 (こんでい, kondei)

Alternative forms

• 金

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Mandarin

simpl.		黄金
trad.		黃金

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ xuaŋ˧˥tɕɪn˥˥ ]

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Adjective

黄金 (simplified, Pinyin huángjīn, traditional 黃金)

1. golden

Noun

黄金 (simplified, Pinyin huángjīn, traditional 黃金)

1. (Advanced Mandarin) gold

References

• "黄金" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-04-08.
• 2007, Hanyu Da Cidian 3.0 (in Mandarin), Hong Kong: Commercial Press, ISBN 9789620702778:

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