金きん属ぞく

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

General term for metallic substances; used in scientific, industrial, and everyday contexts.

金きん属ぞくUsage100%
Standard kanji form; high priority.
金きんぞくUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

非ひ金きん属ぞく
非金属 means 'nonmetal', the opposite category in chemistry.
合ごう金きん
合金 means 'alloy', a mixture of metals, while 金属 refers to pure metals or the general category.

From Middle Chinese 金屬 (kim dzyowk). The kanji 金 means 'metal' or 'gold', and 属 means 'belong to' or 'category', together forming 'metal category'.