银
yín · HSK 3
silver
🥈 银 = 钅(metal) + 艮 (gen, phonetic); the metal pronounced like 'gen' → yín
The 钅radical marks metals (also in 铁 iron, 铜 copper, 金 gold). The right side 艮 supplies the sound, drifting from 'gen' to 'yín' over centuries. Common in 银行 (bank, lit. silver-shop) and 银色 (silver-colour).
银 — metal radical 钅 + 艮 (phonetic)
银 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 钅 (the metal radical, from 金) signals the meaning category—metals. The right side 艮 supplies the sound. Originally referring to silver as a metal, it later extended to mean money, currency, and bank-related terms.