金正日 Traditional form: 金正日 Pinyin (reading): Jīn Zhèngrì Definitions: Kim Jong-il (1942-2011), Dear Leader of North Korea 1982-2011 Characters: 金 - gold, metal; money 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true 日 - sun; day; daytime Traditional characters: 金 - gold, metal; money 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true 日 - sun; day; daytime