This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ギン、しろがね
Romaji: gin, shirogane
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: うん、かな、かね
Romaji: un, kana, kane
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Romaji

Meaning

silver

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  167
Frequency:  395
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-8-6
Korean Reading:  eun
Chinese Reading:  yin2
Unicode:  9280
JIS:  3664

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1722
Nelson Index: 4855
New Nelson Index: 6268
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a6.3
Four Corner Index: 8713.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 263
Gakken Index: 264
Japanese Names Index: 2345
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40355
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0525
Remembering the kanji Index: 1459
Busy People Index: 2.4
Kanji Flashcards Index: 268
Kodansha Compact Index: 1817
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 281
Kanji in Context Index: 57
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1133
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1534
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1471
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1569
Essential Kanji Index: 379
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2156
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2865
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 196
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 427

Words

(ぎん、しろがね、しろかね)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; silver general
銀行 (ぎんこう)
bank
銀座 (ぎんざ)
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
銀色 (ぎんいろ)
silver (color, colour)
日本銀行 (にっぽんぎんこう、にほんぎんこう)
Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ
(かね、かな)
money; metal
銀河 (ぎんが)
Milky Way; galaxy
銀メダル (ぎんメダル)
silver medal
水銀 (すいぎん)
mercury (Hg)
白銀 (はくぎん)
silver; snow
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