Today’s #kanji is #銀, which is listed under the radical of #かねへん（金）. 金 is its semantic element and 艮 is its sound component, although in the modern Japanese 銀 and 艮 do not share the same sound. When 艮 is used as a radical, sometimes it’s called うしとら.
Meaning: silver
Reading: ギン、しろがね*
銀（ギン/しろがね）: silver
銀行（ギンコウ）: a bank, a banking institution
銀河（ギンガ）: the Milky Way; the Galaxy; a galaxy
銀紙（ギンがみ）: silver paper; aluminum/tin foil.
銀髪（ギンパツ）: silvery hair, gray hair
銀世界（ギンセカイ）: a silver world, a landscape mantled in silvery snow, a vast snowy scene
銀幕（ギンマク）: a screen, the films, the movies
金銀（キンギン）: gold and silver; money
純銀（ジュンギン）: pure silver, solid silver
水銀（スイギン）: mercury
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