Onyomi: ギン · Kunyomi: しろがね · Meanings: silver
Kanji for silver
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The kanji 銀 combines the “metal” radical (金) with the character for “silver” or “shine” (艮), symbolizing the precious metal silver. In ancient times, it represented coins or silver used in trade. 銀 came to mean silver, money, or anything shiny and valuable, capturing both material and symbolic worth.
Metal combined with shine — 銀 means silver, money, or something precious.
Imagine a shiny silver coin in your hand — that’s 銀, the kanji for silver and value.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 銀 | ぎん | silver (Ag) | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 金 | かね | money | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 銀 | しろがね | silver | Noun |
| 銀行 | ぎんこう | bank, banking institution | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 銀座 | ぎんざ | Ginza (district in Tokyo) | common Noun |
| 銀色 | ぎんいろ | silver (color, colour) | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 銀河 | ぎんが | Milky Way | common Noun |
| 銀貨 | ぎんか | silver coin | Noun |
| 銀河系 | ぎんがけい | Milky Way galaxy, Milky Way, the Galaxy | Noun |
| 金持ち | かねもち | rich person, wealthy person | common Noun |