Memory phrase for the Kanji: 银


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Meaning silver, silver-colored

Pronunciation

yín

Explanation

Left: metal/gold 钅/ (= Covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: "not good" ('good' would be , but here the accent is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic


 
(Gold would be better!) This metal is not good: It is only silver!

Radicals

gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
not goodThis is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good". verstanden.
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 Vocabulary

 银行  yín háng  bank
 银狐  yín hú  silver or black fox (Vulpes alopex argentatus)
 银杏  yín xìng  ginkgo (tree with fan-shaped leaves and yellow seeds); maidenhair tree
 银苔  yín tái  moss silver; silver in the form of fibers or branches
 碘化银  diǎn huà yín  silver iodide
 镀银  dù yín  silver-plated
 镀银  dù yín  


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