Usage patterns 基き 金きん を 設せつ 立りつ する to establish a fund
They established a fund to support disaster victims.
基き 金きん を 運うん 用よう する to manage/invest a fund
The organization manages the pension fund safely.
基き 金きん を 集あつ める to raise a fund
We are raising a fund for research.
〈 事じ 業ぎょう 〉 のための 基き 金きん a fund for (a project/cause)
A fund for educational support was created.
Kanji 基 fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines Related words 資金 is the general word for money/capital used for any purpose, while 基金 specifically denotes a fund set aside for a fixed, dedicated purpose like a foundation or reserve.
基金 refers to the pool of money itself, while 財団 refers to the organized legal entity that holds and manages such funds.
基金 usually refers to money set aside for a specific purpose (e.g. a scholarship or relief fund), whereas ファンド typically means a pooled investment vehicle.
基金 is a formally established fund for a specific purpose, often organizational or public in scale, while 積立金 refers more to the accumulated balance built up through regular contributions.
Don't confuse with 財団 is the legal organization or foundation entity itself, whereas 基金 refers to the pool of money it holds or manages.
基金 (same reading, ききん ) means a fund or endowment set aside for a purpose, while 寄金 means the act or sum of a monetary donation.
Etymology Compound of 基 (ki, 'base, foundation') and 金 (kin, 'money, gold'). The term entered Japanese from Chinese, where it originally referred to a foundational sum of money.
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