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銀

silver
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingギン
Kun readingしろがね
JōyōGrade 3
  1. silver (Ag)
  2. silver (color)
  3. silver (medal, prize, etc.)
  4. silver general

Popular Usage

銀行

Radicals and components

Radical金goldComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

metal (金) · gold (金)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1569

Compound words

銀行ぎんこう
bank; banking institution
銀河ぎんが
Milky Way; galaxy
銀貨ぎんか
silver coin
銀座ぎんざ
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
銀紙ぎんがみ
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver paper; silver-colored paper
銀色ぎんいろ
silver (color, colour)
銀杯ぎんぱい
silver cup
水銀すいぎん
mercury (Hg)
世銀せぎん
World Bank
輸銀ゆぎん
import-export bank
相互銀行そうごぎんこう
mutual savings bank
世界銀行せかいぎんこう
World Bank
日本銀行にっぽんぎんこう
Bank of Japan; BOJ
ゆうちょ銀行ゆうちょぎんこう
JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)

Stroke Order

14 strokes

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