金地金

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	地	金
きん Grade: 1	じ Grade: 2	かね > がね Grade: 1
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kin, “gold”) and 地金 (jigane, “bullion”). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲĩɲ̟d͡ʑiɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

金(きん)地(じ)金(がね) • (kinjigane) 

1. gold bullion

References

• “金地金”, in デジタル大辞泉‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “金地金” in Weblio Dictionary.