银 yín
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
银行
yínháng
bank
Characters in this word
行 xíng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 行 — to go, to walk, to move
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 亍 to take small steps
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 银行在哪儿？ Yínháng zài nǎr? Where is the bank?
- 我去银行。 Wǒ qù yínháng. I am going to the bank.
- 银行关门了。 Yínháng guān mén le. The bank is closed.
Related words
- 银行卡 yínhángkǎ bank card
- 银 yín silver
- 银牌 yínpái silver medal
- 行 xíng OK, all right; to go
- 不行 bùxíng not okay; cannot
- 进行 jìnxíng to be in progress; to carry out
- 举行 jǔxíng to hold an event
- 流行 liúxíng popular; fashionable
- 旅行 lǚxíng to travel; trip
- 行动 xíngdòng to take action
- 行人 xíngrén pedestrian
- 行为 xíngwéi behavior