银
silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #432 U+94F6
How 银 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “money”) + 艮 (phonetic, gèn)
components: 钅 艮
How to remember it
silver · Heisig RSH #1142
metal + silver
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 艮
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 艮 (gèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 艮 sound component | 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 |
Words containing 银
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |