銀
ぎん · gin · JLPT N3 · noun
silver
🥈 Gin = silver: 金 metal radical + 艮; a silver gin flask
The left side 金 marks metals (金 alone is gold). The right side 艮 gives the old gin/gon sound. Hook: a gin flask is often silver. Seen in 銀行 ginkō, bank (silver + shop) and 銀メダル, silver medal.