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银

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silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency

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HSK 3.0
Level 2
Old HSK
Level 3
Strokes
11
Radical
金 +6
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
銀
Common rank
#432
Unicode
U+94F6

Formation & memory

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How 银 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

钅 meaning “money” + 艮 sound ( gèn )

Components 钅 艮

How to remember it

silver · Heisig RSH #1142

metal + silver

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 银

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
中国光大银行 Zhōng guó Guāng dà Yín háng China Everbright Bank
中国人民银行 Zhōng guó Rén mín Yín háng People's Bank of China
国家开发银行 Guó jiā Kāi fā Yín háng China Development Bank
中国银行 Zhōng guó Yín háng Bank of China (BoC)
中国进出口银行 Zhōng guó Jìn chū kǒu Yín háng The Export-Import Bank of China (state-owned bank)
中国工商银行 Zhōng guó Gōng shāng Yín háng Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)
开发银行 kāi fā yín háng development bank
人民银行 Rén mín Yín háng People's Bank of China
白银区 Bái yín Qū Baiyin, a district of Baiyin City 白銀市|白银市[Bai2 yin2 Shi4], Gansu
银海区 Yín hǎi Qū Yinhai, a district of Beihai City 北海市[Bei3 hai3 Shi4], Guangxi
白银市 Bái yín Shì Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1 su4 Sheng3]
东亚银行 Dōng yà Yín háng Bank of East Asia
银行家 yín háng jiā banker
金银花 jīn yín huā honeysuckle
中信银行 Zhōng xìn Yín háng China CITIC Bank
日本银行 Rì běn Yín háng Bank of Japan
交通银行 Jiāo tōng Yín háng Bank of Communications
中国银联 Zhōng guó Yín lián China UnionPay (CUP), China's only domestic bank card organization
银州区 Yín zhōu Qū Yinzhou, a district of Tieling City 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[Tie3 ling3 Shi4], Liaoning
商人银行 shāng rén yín háng merchant bank

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 艮 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
艮 sound part gèn blunt; tough, chewy
眼 yǎn eyelet, hole, opening
根 gēn root, basis, foundation
退 tuì to retreat, to step back, to withdraw
限 xiàn boundary, limit, line
恨 hèn to dislike, to hate, to resent
跟 gēn heel; to accompany, to follow; with
痕 hén scar, mark; vestige, trace
龈 yín gums
狠 hěn vicious, fierce, cruel
垦 kěn to cultivate, to farm; to reclaim
恳 kěn sincere, earnest, cordial
垠 yín boundary, river bank
哏 gén the clamor of an argument; funny; odd
很 hěn very, quite, much
茛 gèn ranunculus
裉 kèn a garment seam