金 jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 金 — gold, metal
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
金额
jīn'é
amount of money
Characters in this word
额 é
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 合同上写明了付款金额和最后期限。 Hétong shàng xiěmíng le fùkuǎn jīn'é hé zuìhòu qīxiàn. The contract clearly states the payment amount and the final deadline.
- 请核对一下账单上的金额是否正确。 Qǐng héduì yíxià zhàngdān shàng de jīn'é shìfǒu zhèngquè. Please check whether the amount on the bill is correct.
- 这次转账的金额很大，银行要求再确认一次。 Zhè cì zhuǎnzhàng de jīn'é hěn dà, yínháng yāoqiú zài quèrèn yí cì. The amount of this transfer is large, so the bank asks for another confirmation.