What is the Kanji for "Silver"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Silver", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Silver" is "銀".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Gin".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The component "釒" . And The radical "艮" means "Stopping" .

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "銀" mean in japanese?

"銀" means "Silver".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Third Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N4 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

銀行: "Bank". The Japanese noun '銀行 (ぎんこう)' refers to a financial institution that provides services such as accepting deposits, lending money, and facilitating financial transactions. Banks are an integral part of the economy and play a crucial role in personal and business finance. For example: I went to the bank to deposit my paycheck - (給料を銀行に預けに行きました).

銀: "Silver". The Japanese noun '銀 (ぎん)' refers to the metallic element silver. It is a valuable and precious metal with a lustrous, silvery-white appearance. Silver is widely used in jewelry, electronics, photography, and other industries due to its various properties such as high electrical and thermal conductivity, malleability, and resistance to corrosion. For example: This bracelet is made of silver - (この腕輪は銀でできています). Silver is a precious metal - (銀は貴金属です).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "ぎ" is read as "gi". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.