銀

銀 — silver

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 14
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #395 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: ぎん gin
Kun'yomi: しろがね shirogane

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 銀

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