银 (yín): meaning and stroke order
银 (yín) means silver, silver-colored, relating to money or currency.
银
- Simplified
- 银
- Traditional
- 銀
- Pinyin
- yín
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Stroke order of 银
银
- yín silver; silver-colored
- 11 strokes
- Traditional form: 銀
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Meaning of 银
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yín
Traditional 銀
- silver
- silver-colored
- relating to money or currency
Radical and structure
- 银
- Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 11 strokes · 钅 on the left, 艮 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 银
- 银子 yín zi money; silver
- 银行 yín háng bank; CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]
银 in our stories
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他没有把钉子排成一条直线，而是顺着裂缝的走向，用十三颗银钉拼出了一枝梅花。
tā méiyǒu bǎ dīngzi pái chéng yì tiáo zhíxiàn érshì shùnzhe lièfèng de zǒuxiàng yòng shísān kē yín dīng pīn chū le yì zhī méihuā
He didn't set the rivets in a straight line; following the run of the cracks, he used thirteen silver rivets to form a sprig of plum blossom.
From the story Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 银
- Mending the bowl HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).