ぎん

See also: きん

Japanese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of ぎん – see the following entry.

【銀】3

[noun] Short for 銀貨 (ginka): a silver coin

[noun] Short for 銀色 (gin'iro): silvery, silver-colored

[noun] (shogi) Short for 銀将 (ginshō): a silver general

[noun] (sports, etc.) Short for 銀メダル (gin medaru): a silver medal

[noun] (historical) Short for 丁銀 (chōgin): an Edo-period silver coin in the shape of a sea cucumber

[noun] Short for 銀煙管 (gin kiseru): a silver 煙管 (kiseru, “tobacco pipe”)

[noun] Short for 銀葉 (gin'yō): a censer

[noun] Short for 銀蜻蜓 (gin'yanma): the lesser emperor, Anax parthenope

[noun] any other object made of silver

[affix] silver

[affix] (by extension) cash, money

[affix] Short for 銀行 (ginkō): bank

(This term, ぎん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぎん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぎん.)