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
银牌
yínpái
silver medal
Characters in this word
牌 pái
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- Made of
- 片 slice, splinter 卑 humble, low, inferior
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他得了银牌。 Tā dé le yínpái. He won a silver medal.
- 银牌也很好。 Yínpái yě hěn hǎo. A silver medal is good too.
- 她拿到银牌。 Tā ná dào yínpái. She got a silver medal.