銀

Derived characters

 * 檭(𣘴) 𡁬 𢣩 𭨆 𤢲 𧓪 𪇩 𬞵 𢣰

Glyph origin
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Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Definitions

 * 1) silver
 * 2) silvern; made of silver
 * 3) silvery; silver-colored; lustrous; white; shiny
 * 4) cash; money; currency
 * 5)  coin
 * 1)  coin

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From. Compare modern reading.

Noun

 * 1) silver
 * 2)  a silver coin
 * 3)  silvery, silver-colored
 * 4)   a silver general
 * 5)   a silver medal
 * 6)   an Edo-period silver coin in the shape of a sea cucumber
 * 7)  a silver
 * 8)  a censer
 * 9)  the ,
 * 10) any other object made of silver

Affix

 * 1) silver
 * 2) silvery, silver-colored
 * 3)  cash, money
 * 4)  bank

Etymology 2
Compound of.

Starting from the Muromachi period, the kane changes to gane due to.

Noun

 * 1) silver
 * 2) silvery, silver-colored
 * 3) a silver thread
 * 4) silver paint or lacquer
 * 5) a silver coin
 * 1) silver paint or lacquer
 * 2) a silver coin
 * 1) a silver coin

Etymology 3
From.

See.

Noun

 * 1) a metal
 * 2) money

Usage notes

 * In former times, silver was the basis for the Japanese economy.
 * In modern, kane is more commonly spelled using the character for gold:.
 * The money sense is more commonly prefixed with, as in.

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Compound of.

Noun

 * 1) silver
 * "ojp"
 * "ojp"
 * "ojp"

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Han character

 * 1) silver; silvery, silver-colored
 * 2) bank; cash, money, currency