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Japanese symbol for “monetary”

Romaji: kin'yuu
finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money

In Japanese, monetary is , read (kin'yuu).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Meanings

  1. n finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money
  2. adj-no monetary; financial; credit

Kanji and stroke order

gold
on: キン、コン、ゴン
kun: かね、かな-、-がね
8 strokes · JLPT 4
dissolve, melt
on: ユウ
kun: と.ける、と.かす
16 strokes · JLPT 1

Other Japanese words for “monetary”

WordReadingMeaning
きんせんてき kinsentekimonetary; financial; pecuniary
マネタリー manetariimonetary; financial

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
おかね okanemoney
しきん shikinfunds; capital
りょうきん ryoukinfee; charge; fare
げんきん genkincash; ready money; money on hand
きんぞく kinzokumetal
ゆうし yuushifinancing; loan
ゆうずう yuuzuulending (money, commodities, etc.); finance; loan
ゆうごう yuugouagglutination; adhesion; fusion

See also: Chinese symbol for “monetary”.

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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