Memory phrase for the character: 銀

銀

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Meaning

silver

Pronunciation

GIN
shirogane

Explanation

 Left: metal/gold 金 (Covered in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: "not good" 艮 ('good' would be 良, but 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 radical 艮 is similar to good: 良. But one stroke is missing and thus it becomes: "not good"




 Vocabulary

純銀 じゅんぎん  pure silver
銀 ぎん  silver, silver coin, silver paint
銀行 ぎんこう  bank
銀河 ぎんが  Milky Way, galaxy​

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