Memory phrase for the character: 银

银

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Meaning silver, silver-colored

Pronunciation

yín

Explanation

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

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

Radicals

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