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金 — stroke order
Watch how to write 金 (jīn) stroke by stroke. 金 has 8 strokes and means “gold”. It appears in common words such as 金幣 (gold coin) and 黃金 (gold). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 金
The most common words that use 金 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
金幣jīnbìgold coin黃金huángjīngold金牛座jīnniúzuòTaurus金陵jīnlíngpre-Han name for Nanjing金牛jīnniúTaurus金枝玉葉jīnzhīyùyègolden branch, jade leaves
How 金 is written
- Radical
- 金
- Components
- 人 ＋ 王 ＋ 丷
- Formation
- Pictographic — A cast-iron bell.