4 ms·
金子 is kinsu. https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 Kane is not a normal reading for 金 in compound words unle
by geraldwhen 2y ago
金子 is kinsu.
https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90 https://jisho.org/search/%E9%87%91%E5%AD%90
Kane is not a normal reading for 金 in compound words unless this is an esoteric word I haven’t seen.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- numpad0 2y agoThat one sounds like Chinese word with hallucinated Japanese usage. 子 is IIUC casually used to mean "little ___ things" in Chinese, but same isn't the case with Japanese; 金子 is used as a somewhat discrete way to refer to an envelope of cash.
- SllX 2y agoYou are correct. 金子 can be read as “kaneko”, but that’s actually a surname and place name. “Kinsu” is a gold coin. I got the two swapped.
- geraldwhen 2y agoOof. The reading for names will always get me. Still worth knowing the name reading! Google maps has it showing up in a bunch of business names, too.
- fenomas 2y agoSeems to have been a bit of confusion in several directions here, but just to clarify: in modern usage 金子 is read only as Kaneko, and is a very common surname. The "kinsu" reading is archaic; a typical native speaker may never have heard of it.