IDENTITY
银yínsilver
HSK 1Top 730
CORE MEANING
silver
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.silver; moneyHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 钅metal radical (jīn)
- strokes
- 11
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰钅艮
- metal
- gives the sound yín
USAGE
Common words
银行yínhángbank
银子yínzisilver
Graded examples
银行九点开门。Yínháng jiǔ diǎn kāimén.HSK2
The bank opens at nine.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
The metal (钅) with the sound gèn (艮) — silver, yín.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #730
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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