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银 (yín): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 5

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 银

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How to write 银 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 银

银 stroke order diagram

3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right

银=钅metal+艮limit

A precious metal (钅) that is as valuable as limit (艮) — silver, a shiny white metal.

4.

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 银

HSK words that contain this character.

银行

yín háng

bank

银幕

yín mù

Screen

银牌

yín pái

6.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 银 is used in context

yè夜

wǎn晚

de的

yín银

hé河

fēi非

cháng

Information

Pinyinyín

Meaningsilver

Strokes11

Radical钅

Traditional銀

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#631

Zhuyinㄧㄣˊ

UnicodeU+94F6

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silver medal

HSK 3.0 L6

银行卡

yín háng kǎ

bank card

常

měi美

lì丽

。

The Milky Way is very beautiful at night.

tā她

zài在

bǐ比

sài赛

zhōng中

huò获

dé得

yín银

pái牌

。

She won a silver medal in the competition.

wǒ我

jīn今

tiān天

qù去

yín银

háng行

cún存

qián钱

。

I went to the bank to deposit money today.

zhè这

ge个

jiè戒

zhǐ指

shì是

yín银

de的

。

This ring is made of silver.

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