Entry
  1. Noun

    Edo-period unit of silver coinage

  2. steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat)

  3. silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)

    Usually written using kana aloneAbbreviationsee 銀目鯛

Also written 銀眼【ぎんめ】

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Characters in this word

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silver

Kun
しろがね
On
ギン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
395 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

うんかなかね

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-8-6SKIP code
8a6.3The Kanji Dictionary
8713.2Four corner code
2865deroo
9280Unicode hex code
1-22-68JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4855Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6268New Nelson (John Haig)
1722New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2156Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1133Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1534Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1459Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1569Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
264A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2345Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
379Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40355Morohashi
263A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
313Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
313Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
196sakade
268Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
281henshall3
427Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
57Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1817Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1471Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin2Pinyin reading
eunKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

Kun
-めま-
On
モクボク
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N4
Frequency
76 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

さかんさがんさっかさつか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-3-2, 4-5-1SKIP code
5c0.1The Kanji Dictionary
6010.1Four corner code
3979deroo
76eeUnicode hex code
1-44-60JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3127Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3906New Nelson (John Haig)
3043New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3777Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1927Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2619Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
15Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
15Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
65A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
191Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
22Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23105Morohashi
72A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
55Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
55Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
25sakade
75Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
30henshall3
48Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
91crowley
168Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
1376Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
15Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mu4Pinyin reading
mogKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level