Chinese characters : List with all references

Character: 金

Modern (Beijing) reading: jīn

Preclassic Old Chinese: kǝm

Classic Old Chinese: kǝm

Western Han Chinese: kǝm

Eastern Han Chinese: kǝm

Early Postclassic Chinese: kim

Middle Postclassic Chinese: kim

Late Postclassic Chinese: kim

Middle Chinese: kim

English meaning : metal

Russian meaning[s]: 1) золото; деньги; 2) ценный; драгоценный; Ваш; 3) металлы; металлический; твердый, прочный; 4) металл (четвертая стихия старой китайской космогонии); 5) планета Венера; 6) муз. шестой тон гаммы; 7) золотой, желтый; перен. осень; луна; 8) ист. Цзинь (династия чжурчжэней 1115 - 1234 гг.); 9) Цзинь (фамилия)

Shuowen gloss: 五色金也.黃為之長.久埋不生衣.百煉不輕.從革不韋. 西方之行.生於土.從土.�又注,象金在土中形.今聲.凡金之屬皆從金. [702]

Comments: Cf. also Viet. kẽm 'zinc' (probably a separate loan from the same source).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 167

Four-angle index: 366

Karlgren code: 0652 a-c

Vietnamese reading: kim

Jianchuan Bai: ćĩ4

Dali Bai: će5

Bijiang Bai: ćĩ4

Shijing occurrences: 3.2, 55.3

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *gǝ̆m

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: gold

Chinese: 金 *kǝm metal, gold.

Lushai: KC > Tiddim xam gold.

Lepcha: kóm silver; silver coin, money, a rupee

Comments: Ben. 82.

Chinese Dialects :

Number: 666

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 金

MC description : 深開三平侵見

ZIHUI: 6855 2114

Beijing: ćin 11

Jinan: ćiẽ 11

Xi'an: ćiẽ 11

Taiyuan: ćiŋ 1

Hankou: ćin 11

Chengdu: ćin 11

Yangzhou: ćĩ 11

Suzhou: ćin 11

Wenzhou: ćiaŋ 11

Changsha: ćin 11

Shuangfeng: ćin 11

Nanchang: ćin 11

Meixian: kim 11

Guangzhou: kam 11

Xiamen: kim 11

Chaozhou: kim 11

Fuzhou: kiŋ 11

Shanghai: ćiŋ 1

Zhongyuan yinyun: kiǝm 1

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[xq]VmV

Meaning: a k. of metal

Sino-Tibetan: *găm

Yenisseian: *ʔV(ʔ)mV (~x-)

Burushaski: *ɣén-

Yenisseian etymology :

Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔVmV (~x-)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: tin, pewter

Ket: úmlä (М., Сл.), (Кл.) umula

Kottish: ɨma-tɨp (Ass., Кл.)

Comments: ССЕ 203. Assan has a compound with *tVp 'metal, iron' q.v. Werner 2, 346 (says the reconstruction is questionable, but does not say why).