金瓜石

Traditional form:

金瓜石

Pinyin (reading):

Jīnguāshí

Definitions:

• Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)

Characters:

• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral

Traditional characters:

• 金 - gold, metal; money
• 瓜 - melon, gourd, squash, cucumber
• 石 - stone, rock, mineral