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銀 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「金」

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8Elementary year 3 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「金」
On
ギンぎん · gin
Kun
—
Meaning
silver

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

金 (metal) + 艮 (sound) — a white shining metal: silver.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onギンぎんgin銀貨ぎんか銀行ぎんこう水銀すいぎん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 銀行ぎんこう

    bank

  • 銀色ぎんいろ

    silver color

More words with this kanji

  • 銀嶺ぎんれい
  • 銀箔ぎんぱく
  • 水銀すいぎん
  • 白銀はくぎん
  • 銀霰ぎんあられ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

おかねを 銀行(ぎんこう)に あずけます。

I deposit money at the bank.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 金Map of reading ギンAll maps

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