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Kanji Detail for 銀 - "silver, money, bank"

銀

  • Meaning

    銀 means "silver, money, bank."

    1. Silver - A precious white metal.

    2. Silver color - A lustrous white shade.

    3. Money - Silver currency; coins.

  • Words using 銀

    • 銀行 ぎんこう Listen bank; banking institution
    • 銀座 ぎんざ Listen Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location
    • 日本銀行 にっぽんぎんこう Listen Bank of Japan; BOJ
    • 世界銀行 せかいぎんこう Listen World Bank
    • 世銀 せぎん Listen World Bank
    • 水銀 すいぎん Listen mercury (Hg)
    • 銀河 ぎんが Listen Milky Way; galaxy
    • 輸銀 ゆぎん Listen import-export bank

  • Four-character idioms with 銀

    • 金波銀波 きんぱぎんぱ Listen sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun

  • Tattoo check: 銀

    • Verified meaning: silver, money, bank
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ぎん, ぎんさき, ぎんじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 銀

    Given names 銀(ぎん)Listen

    Surnames 銀(ぎんさき)Listen 銀(ぎんじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    silver

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    silver (element 47, Ag); cash, money, wealth

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    silver; cash, money, wealth

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A metallic mineral. White in color. Anciently called white gold. Best at conducting heat and electricity. Usually used for currency and ornaments. Because it is too soft, copper is often mixed in to increase hardness, as in silver dollars.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    gin(ギン) ギン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    shirogane(しろがね) しろがね

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    silver money bank metal bullion coin currency finance precious lustrous mining

Sentences including 銀

  • She married a bank clerk.

  • She continued her job in the bank.

  • We have an account with the bank.

  • I opened my account with the bank.

  • I'm just going to run down to the bank.

  • Is there a bank near here?

  • He is in the banking line.

  • She drew out the money from the bank.

  • I saw them enter the bank.

  • She has an uncle who works in a bank.

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