银

Silver Ag · 47

yín

solid metal · period 5, group 11 · d-block

Anatomy

钅 radical 金 jīn
metal → solid metal

艮 phonetic

银 yín

Ancient name. Known in China long before modern chemistry; the old character was kept. Named in ancient China

Same syllable, different tone: 铟 yīn Indium.

U+94F6 in CJK Unified Ideographs