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銀

See also: 银 and 鋃
銀 U+9280, 銀
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9280
← 鉿
[U+927F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 銁 →
[U+9281]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

銀 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+6, 14 strokes, cangjie input 金日女 (CAV), four-corner 87132, composition ⿰釒艮)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1303, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40355
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1805, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4202, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+9280

Chinese edit

trad. 銀
simp. 银
Chemical element
Ag
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 銀
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (艮) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
艱 *krɯːn
齦 *kʰrɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *ŋɯn
眼 *ŋrɯːnʔ
蛝 *ɡrɯːn
限 *ɡrɯːnʔ
硍 *ɡrɯːnʔ
豤 *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰɯːnʔ, *kʰuːn
詪 *ɡlɯːnʔ, *kɯːnʔ, *kɯːns
根 *kɯːn
跟 *kɯːn
珢 *kɯːn, *kɯːns, *ŋrɯn
艮 *kɯːns
茛 *kɯːns
墾 *kʰɯːnʔ
懇 *kʰɯːnʔ
垠 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn, *ŋɯn
泿 *ŋɯːn, *ŋrɯn
痕 *ɡɯːn
拫 *ɡɯːn
鞎 *ɡɯːn
很 *ɡɯːnʔ
恨 *ɡɯːns
銀 *ŋrɯn
檭 *ŋrɯn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ŋrɯn) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur. Cognate with Tibetan དངུལ (dngul), Burmese ငွေ (ngwe).

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • ngeng5 - Chaozhou, Shantou, Chenghai;
  • ngêng5 - Jieyang;
  • nging5 - Chaoyang.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 銀
Mandarin Beijing /in³⁵/
Harbin /in²⁴/
Tianjin /in⁴⁵/
Jinan /iẽ⁴²/
Qingdao /iə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /in⁴²/
Xi'an /iẽ²⁴/
Xining /iə̃²⁴/
Yinchuan /iŋ⁵³/
Lanzhou /ĩn⁵³/
Ürümqi /iŋ⁵¹/
Wuhan /in²¹³/
Chengdu /in³¹/
Guiyang /in²¹/
Kunming /ĩ¹/
Nanjing /in²⁴/
Hefei /in⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /iəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ȵiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ȵin¹³/
Hangzhou /ȵin²¹³/
Wenzhou /ȵaŋ³¹/
Hui Shexian /niʌ̃⁴⁴/
Tunxi /ȵin⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /in¹³/
Xiangtan /ȵin¹²/
Gan Nanchang /ȵin⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /ŋiun¹¹/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /ŋɐn²¹/
Nanning /ŋɐn²¹/
Hong Kong /ŋɐn²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /gun³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ŋyŋ⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /ŋœyŋ³³/
Shantou (Teochew) /ŋɯŋ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /ŋin³¹/
Rime
Character 銀
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 疑 (31)
Final (韻) 眞 (44)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 語巾切
Baxter ngin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ŋˠiɪn/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ŋᵚin/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ŋien/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ŋjin/
Li
Rong 		/ŋjĕn/
Wang
Li 		/ŋǐĕn/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ŋi̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		yín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ngan4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 銀
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		yín
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ngin ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋrə[n]/
English silver

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 銀
Reading # 1/1
No. 3939
Phonetic
component 		艮
Rime
group 		文
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		銀
Old
Chinese 		/*ŋrɯn/

Definitions edit

銀

  1. silver
    白銀／白银  ―  báiyín  ―  silver
  2. silvern; made of silver
  3. silvery; silver-colored; lustrous; white; shiny
  4. cash; money; currency
    銀仔／银仔 [Cantonese]  ―  ngan4-2 zai2 [Jyutping]  ―  coins
  5. (Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese, Zhao'an Hakka) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck
    幾千銀／几千银 [Cantonese]  ―  gei2 cin1 ngan4 [Jyutping]  ―  a few thousand bucks
  6. a surname

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 銀子 (“silver”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 銀
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 銀, 銀子, 白銀
Mandarin Beijing 銀子
Taiwan 銀子
Tianjin 銀子
Tangshan 銀子, 白銀
Cangzhou 銀子
Baoding 銀子
Shijiazhuang 銀子
Chifeng 銀子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 銀子
Harbin 銀子
Shenyang 銀子, 白銀
Yantai (Muping) 銀子
Qingdao 銀子
Jinan 銀子
Wanrong 銀子
Zhengzhou 銀子
Xi'an 銀子, 白銀
Dingbian 銀子
Yinchuan 銀子
Lanzhou 銀子, 白銀
Xining 銀子
Ürümqi 銀子
Wuhan 銀子, 白銀
Chengdu 銀子
Chongqing 銀子
Guiyang 銀子
Kunming 銀子, 白銀
Guilin 銀子
Guilin (Lingui) 銀子
Liuzhou 銀子
Liuzhou (Luorong) 銀子
Xuzhou 銀子, 白銀
Yangzhou 銀子, 白銀
Nanjing 銀子, 白銀
Hefei 銀子
Nantong 銀子
Singapore 銀
Mae Salong (Lancang) 銀子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 銀子
Cantonese Guangzhou 銀
Hong Kong 銀
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 銀
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 銀仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 銀
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 銀
Macau 銀
Guangzhou (Panyu) 銀
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 銀
Guangzhou (Conghua) 銀
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 銀
Foshan 銀
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 銀
Foshan (Shunde) 銀
Foshan (Sanshui) 銀
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 銀
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 銀
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 銀
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 銀
Zhuhai (Doumen) 銀
Jiangmen (Baisha) 銀
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 銀
Taishan 銀
Taishan (Guanghai) 銀
Kaiping (Chikan) 銀
Enping (Niujiang) 銀
Heshan (Yayao) 銀仔
Dongguan 銀
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 銀
Yangjiang 銀
Nanning 銀
Yulin 銀
Guiping 銀
Guiping (Jintian) 銀
Guiping (Jiangkou) 銀
Guiping (Madong) 銀
Mengshan (Xihe) 銀
Guigang (Nanjiang) 銀
Beiliu (Tangliao) 銀
Baise 銀
Bobai 銀
Lingshan 銀
Pubei 銀
Qinzhou 銀
Qinzhou (Changtan) 銀
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 銀
Beihai 銀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 銀
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 銀
Ningming 銀
Hengzhou 銀
Hezhou (Pumen) 銀子
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 銀
Chongzuo (Laituan) 銀
Fusui (Qujiu) 銀
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 銀
Singapore (Guangfu) 銀
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 銀
Móng Cái 銀
Mandalay (Taishan) 銀
Gan Nanchang 銀子
Pingxiang 銀子
Hakka Meixian 銀仔, 銀
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 銀
Dongguan (Qingxi) 銀
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 銀
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 銀
Conghua (Lütian) 銀
Hong Kong 銀
Beiliu (Tang'an) 銀
Xingye (Gaofeng) 銀
Mashan (Pianlian) 銀
Pingle (Tong'an) 銀子
Yangshuo (Jinbao) 銀
Senai (Huiyang) 銀
Huizhou Shexian 銀, 銀子
Jin Taiyuan 銀子
Xinzhou 銀子, 白銀
Linhe 銀子
Jining 銀子
Liangcheng 銀子
Hohhot 銀子
Zhangjiakou 銀子
Handan 銀子, 白銀
Northern Min Jian'ou 銀
Eastern Min Fuzhou 銀
Southern Min Xiamen 銀
Quanzhou 銀
Jinjiang 銀
Singapore (Hokkien) 銀
Manila (Hokkien) 銀
Pingnan (Shangdu) 銀
Chaozhou 銀
Bangkok (Teochew) 銀
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 銀
Haikou 銀
Singapore (Hainanese) 銀
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 銀
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 銀
Nanning (Shajing) 銀
Binyang 銀
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Chaoyang) 銀子
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 銀子
Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) 銀
Lingchuan (Tanxia) 銀
Yangshuo (Jima) 銀子
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 銀, 銀子
Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 銀
Luxi (Liangjiatan) 銀
Chengbu (Xuntou) 銀子
Wu Shanghai 銀子
Suzhou 銀子
Hangzhou 銀子
Hangzhou (Fuyang) 銀子
Ningbo 銀子, 銀
Wenzhou 銀
Xiang Changsha 銀子
Loudi 銀子
Shuangfeng 銀子
Quanzhou 銀
Guanyang (Wenshi) 銀子
Dialectal synonyms of 錢 (“money”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 錢, 幣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 錢, 鈔, 金錢, 錢財
Mandarin Beijing 錢, 錢兒
Taiwan 錢
Tianjin 錢
Yantai (Muping) 錢
Jinan 錢, 票子
Luoyang 錢兒, 金錢, 錢財
Wanrong 錢
Xi'an 錢, 尕
Lanzhou 尕
Xining 錢
Ürümqi 麻卡爾
Wuhan 錢, 角子
Chengdu 錢, 數數
Kunming 錢兒
Guilin 錢
Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) 錢
Yangzhou 錢, 鈔票
Nanjing 鈔票
Hefei 錢
Malaysia 錢
Singapore 錢
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 錢
Cantonese Guangzhou 錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水
Hong Kong 錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水, 錢銀, 鐳 slang, 銀兩
Macau 錢
Taishan 錢, 銀, 銀紙, 鐳
Taishan (Guanghai) 錢
Yangjiang 錢
Beihai 銀紙
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 錢
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 錢
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 錢
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鐳
Singapore (Guangfu) 鐳, 錢
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 錢, 鐳, tiền, 銀紙
Móng Cái 錢, tiền
Mandalay (Taishan) 錢, 鐳
Gan Nanchang 錢
Lichuan 錢
Pingxiang 錢
Hakka Meixian 錢
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 水, 沙水, 沙
Changting 錢
Wuping 錢
Liancheng 錢
Ninghua 錢
Yudu 錢
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 錢
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 錢
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 錢
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 錢
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 錢
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 錢
Kuching (Hepo) 鐳
Huizhou Jixi 鈔票, 洋錢
Jin Taiyuan 錢
Northern Min Jian'ou 錢
Songxi 錢
Zhenghe 錢
Jianyang 錢
Wuyishan 錢
Eastern Min Fuzhou 錢
Changle 錢
Lianjiang 錢
Fuqing 錢
Pingtan 錢
Yongtai 錢
Minqing 錢
Gutian 錢
Pingnan 錢
Luoyuan 錢
Fu'an 錢
Ningde 錢
Xiapu 錢
Zherong 錢
Shouning 錢
Zhouning 錢
Fuding 錢
Singapore (Fuqing) 錢
Southern Min Xiamen 錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
Xiamen (Tong'an) 錢, 鐳
Quanzhou 錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
Jinjiang 錢
Nan'an 錢
Shishi 錢
Hui'an 錢
Anxi 錢
Yongchun 錢
Dehua 錢
Zhangzhou 錢, 鐳, 阿字仔, 錢銀, 銀兩
Zhangzhou (Longhai) 錢
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 錢
Hua'an 鐳
Nanjing 鐳, 銀
Pinghe 錢
Zhangpu 錢
Yunxiao 鐳
Zhao'an 錢, 鐳
Dongshan 錢, 鐳
Taipei 錢
Kinmen 錢
Penang (Hokkien) 鐳, 錢, 銀
Singapore (Hokkien) 鐳, 錢, 銀
Manila (Hokkien) 錢
Longyan 錢
Zhangping 鐳
Datian 錢
Guilin (Biyange) 錢
Chaozhou 鐳, 銀
Shantou 錢, 銀
Shantou (Chenghai) 鐳, 銀
Jieyang 鐳, 銀
Haifeng 錢
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 鐳
Singapore (Teochew) 鐳, 錢
Batam (Teochew) 鐳, 錢
Pontianak (Teochew) 鐳
Leizhou 錢
Wenchang 錢
Singapore (Hainanese) 錢
Puxian Min Putian 錢
Xianyou 錢
Central Min Yong'an 錢
Sanyuan 錢
Shaxian 錢
Yanping (Wangtai) 錢
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 錢, 龍錢, 票兒
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 錢
Wu Shanghai 鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 老洋, 板板, 血 figuratively, 分 slang, 米 slang
Shanghai (Chongming) 鈔票, 銅鈿
Suzhou 鈔票, 銅鈿, 票子
Wuxi 鈔票, 銅錢
Danyang 銅錢, 銅, 洋錢, 錢, 鈔票
Hangzhou 鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 農年, 牙
Ningbo 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 銅鋃銀子, 鈿
Wenzhou 鈔票, 銅鈿, 番錢, 銅鈿銀, 銅鈿板, 銅板, 板
Jinhua 鈔票, 洋鈿, 鈿, 銅鈿, 銅鈿銀子
Xiang Changsha 錢
Shuangfeng 錢
Dialectal synonyms of 元 (“yuan; dollar”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 圓, 元
Mandarin Beijing 塊
Taiwan 塊
Harbin 塊
Yantai (Muping) 塊
Jinan 塊
Luoyang 塊
Wanrong 塊
Xi'an 塊
Yinchuan 塊
Lanzhou 塊
Xining 塊
Ürümqi 塊
Wuhan 塊
Chengdu 塊
Guiyang 塊
Guilin 塊
Liuzhou 塊
Nanning (Wuming) 塊
Shanglin (Sanli) 塊
Xuzhou 塊
Yangzhou 塊
Nanjing 塊
Hefei 塊
Malaysia 塊
Singapore 塊
Cantonese Guangzhou 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀
Hong Kong 蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 蚊
Macau 蚊
Guangzhou (Panyu) 蚊
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 蚊
Guangzhou (Conghua) 蚊
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 蚊
Foshan 蚊
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 文
Foshan (Shunde) 蚊
Foshan (Sanshui) 蚊雞
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蚊雞
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 蚊
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 蚊
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 蚊
Zhuhai (Doumen) 蚊
Jiangmen (Baisha) 蚊
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 蚊
Taishan 蚊
Kaiping (Chikan) 蚊
Enping (Niujiang) 蚊
Heshan (Yayao) 蚊
Dongguan 蚊, 蚊雞
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 蚊
Qingyuan 蚊
Fogang 蚊
Yingde (Hanguang) 蚊
Yangshan 蚊
Lianshan (Butian) 蚊
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 蚊
Shaoguan 蚊
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 蚊
Renhua 蚊雞
Lechang 蚊
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 蚊
Sihui 蚊雞
Deqing 蚊
Huaiji 蚊
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 蚊
Yunfu 蚊
Xinxing 蚊
Luoding 蚊
Yunan (Pingtai) 蚊
Yangjiang 蚊, 個
Lianjiang 蚊
Nanning 蚊
Hepu (Lianzhou) 蚊
Qinzhou 蚊
Beihai 蚊
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 蚊
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 蚊
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 蚊
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 箍, 蚊
Penang (Guangfu) 蚊
Singapore (Guangfu) 蚊, 箍
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 蚊
Móng Cái 蚊
Gan Nanchang 塊
Lichuan 塊
Pingxiang 塊
Hakka Meixian 塊
Yudu 塊
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 個
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 個
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 個
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 個
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 個
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 銀, 箍
Hong Kong 塊, 蚊
Sabah (Longchuan) 箍
Senai (Huiyang) 箍
Kuching (Hepo) 箍
Singkawang 盾
Singapore (Dabu) 箍
Huizhou Jixi 塊
Jin Taiyuan 塊
Xinzhou 塊
Northern Min Jian'ou 塊
Pucheng (Shibei) 塊
Eastern Min Fuzhou 塊
Fuqing 塊
Matsu 塊
Southern Min Xiamen 箍
Xiamen (Tong'an) 箍
Quanzhou 箍
Shishi 箍
Zhangzhou 箍
Zhao'an 箍
Dongshan 箍
Taipei 箍
New Taipei (Sanxia) 箍
Kaohsiung 箍
Yilan 箍
Changhua (Lukang) 箍
Taichung 箍
Tainan 箍
Hsinchu 箍
Kinmen 箍
Penghu (Magong) 箍
Penang (Hokkien) 箍
Singapore (Hokkien) 箍
Manila (Hokkien) 箍
Chaozhou 銀, 箍, 個, 個銀
Shantou 銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀
Shantou (Chenghai) 銀
Jieyang 個, 個銀
Haifeng 個銀
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 箍
Singapore (Teochew) 箍, 個銀
Leizhou 個
Wenchang 銀, 個
Haikou 個銀, 銀
Qionghai 銀
Singapore (Hainanese) 箍
Puxian Min Putian 個
Xianyou 個
Zhongshan Min Sanxiang 蚊
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 蚊, 蚊雞
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 塊
Wu Shanghai 塊
Shanghai (Chongming) 塊
Suzhou 塊
Danyang 塊
Hangzhou 塊
Wenzhou 個
Jinhua 塊
Xiang Changsha 塊
Loudi 塊
Shuangfeng 塊
Quanzhou 塊

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Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (銀):
  • → Japanese: 銀(ぎん) (gin)
  • → Okinawan: 銀(じん) (jin)
  • → Korean: 은(銀) (eun)
  • → Vietnamese: ngân (銀)

Others:

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Japanese edit

Kanji edit

銀

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
銀
ぎん
Grade: 3
kan’on
Chemical element
Ag
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From Middle Chinese 銀 (MC ngin). Compare modern Hokkien reading gîn.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

銀(ぎん) • (gin) 

  1. silver (lustrous, white, metallic element; symbol Ag)
  2. Short for 銀貨 (ginka): a silver coin
  3. Short for 銀色 (gin'iro): silvery, silver-colored
  4. (shogi) Short for 銀将 (ginshō): a silver general
  5. (sports, etc.) Short for 銀メダル (gin medaru): a silver medal
  6. (historical) Short for 丁銀 (chōgin): an Edo-period silver coin in the shape of a sea cucumber
  7. Short for 銀煙管 (gin kiseru): a silver 煙管 (kiseru, “tobacco pipe”)
  8. Short for 銀葉 (gin'yō): a censer
  9. Short for 銀蜻蜓 (gin'yanma): the lesser emperor, Anax parthenope
  10. any other object made of silver
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Derived terms

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銀(ぎん) • (gin) 

  1. silver
  2. silvery, silver-colored
  3. (by extension) cash, money
  4. Short for 銀行 (ginkō): bank
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
銀
しろがね
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Compound of 白 (shiro, “white”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”).

Starting from the Muromachi period, the kane changes to gane due to rendaku (連濁).

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Noun edit

銀(しろがね) • (shirogane) 

  1. silver (lustrous, white, metallic element)
  2. silvery, silver-colored
    Synonym: 銀色 (gin'iro)
  3. a silver thread
    Synonym: 銀糸 (ginshi)
  4. silver paint or lacquer
    Synonym: 銀泥 (gindei)
  5. a silver coin
    Synonyms: 銀貨 (ginka), 銀子 (ginsu)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
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Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
銀
かね
Grade: 3
nanori
Alternative spellings
金
鉄
銅

From Old Japanese.

See 金 (kane).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

銀(かね) • (kane) 

  1. a metal
  2. money
Usage notes edit
  • In former times, silver was the basis for the Japanese economy.
  • In modern Japanese, kane is more commonly spelled using the character for gold: 金.
  • The money sense is more commonly prefixed with お (o-), as in お金 (o-kane).
Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 銀 (MC ngin).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅌᅳᆫ (Yale: ngùn)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3] 은 (Yale: ùn) 은 (Yale: ùn)

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

銀 (eumhun 은 은 (eun eun))

  1. Hanja form? of 은 (“silver; silver-colored”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

Okinawan edit

Kanji edit

銀

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Old Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Compound of 白 (siro1, “white”) +‎ 金 (kane, “metal”).

Noun edit

銀 (siro1kane) (kana しろかね)

  1. silver (lustrous, white, metallic element)
    • 711–712, Kojiki, (Second scroll, Emperor Chūai):
      於是大后歸神言教覺詔者「西方有國、金銀爲本、目之炎耀種種珍寶多在其國。吾今歸賜其國。」
      At this the Queen Consort was possessed by the gods who revealed to them the following command: “In the west there is a land of many rare and dazzling treasures beginning with gold and silver. I will now bestow it upon you.”[1]
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 803:
      , text here
      銀母金母玉母奈爾世武爾麻佐禮留多可良古爾斯迦米夜母
      siro1kane mo kugane mo tama mo nani semu ni masareru takara ko1 ni shikame2 ya mo
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants edit

  • Japanese: 銀 (shirokane → shirogane)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Michael I. Como (2008) Shōtoku: Ethnicity, Ritual, and Violence in the Japanese Buddhist Tradition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57

Tày edit

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銀 (transliteration needed)

  1. Nôm form of dìn.

References edit

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[5] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

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銀: Hán Nôm readings: ngân

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