Memory phrase for the Kanji: 銀
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銀 |
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Meaning
| silver
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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.
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Radicals
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金
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gold, metal | This radical is always on the left side of a character. |
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艮
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not good | It is similar to good: 良, but one stroke is missing. Therefore: not good |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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