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銀 = 金 + 艮
銀 is a Japanese kanji written with 14 strokes, listed here under the keyword “silver”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 艮 (stopping). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1569.
- Keyword
- silver
- RTK frame
- 1569
- Strokes
- 14
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ギン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- しろがね
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- серебро
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 銀 silver (element 47
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 銀 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “stopping”. 銀 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 銀 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.