Japanese public choose 'gold' or 'money' as kanji of 2024

People in Japan have chosen the Chinese character meaning “gold” or “money” as the kanji that best symbolizes this year.

An association, promoting the use of kanji, announced that the winner garnered 12,100 votes out of some 221,900 entries.

The kanji of the year is a character chosen by the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society through a national ballot in Japan, starting in 1995.