賃金
ちんぎん · chingin · JLPT N1 · noun
wages
💴 Chin + gin: a chin-gin sounds like 'chin-gin', and wages are the yen (💴) you earn for work.
金 — roof 亼 + two dots (metal nuggets) + earth 土
Originally a pictograph of metal nuggets buried in the earth beneath a covering, with the two dots representing pieces of ore. It first meant 'metal' broadly, then narrowed to 'gold' as the most precious metal, and by extension 'money'.