Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: silver

Kunyomi: しろがね

Onyomi: ギン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Examples

Examples with audio

行(ぎんこう)   bank

河(ぎんが)   galaxy

色(ぎんいろ)   silver color

(すいぎん)   mercury

Onyomi Examples

ギン silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general

ギンイロ silver (color, colour)

セギン World Bank

スイギン mercury (Hg)

Kunyomi Examples

ぎん silver (Ag), silver coin, money, silver medal, silver colour, silver color, bank, silver general

しろがねあじ lookdown (Selene vomer)