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Kanji for Silver
The kanji for “silver” is 銀, read gin and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
銀
silver
Silver; quiet brilliance.
14 strokes On reading ギン (gin) Kun reading しろがね (shirogane) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: silver
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gin
In Japan it appears in about 95 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 銀: Emogene 恵茂銀
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