地金

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
地	金
じ Grade: 2	かね > がね Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Compound of 地 (ji, “earth”) and 金 (kane, “money”). The kane changes to gane as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じがね [jìgáné] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiɡa̠ne̞]

Noun

地(じ)金(がね) • (jigane) 

1. bullion

References

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
地	金
じ Grade: 2	きん Grade: 1
goon	kan'on

Compound of 地 (ji, “earth”) and 金 (kin, “money”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じきん [jìkíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑikʲĩɴ]

Noun

地(じ)金(きん) • (jikin) 

1. bullion

References

• “地金”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “地金” in Weblio Dictionary.