Chinese

銀行

yínháng
bank (financial institution) (Classifier: 家 m; 所 m; 個／个 m; 間／间 c mn)
  • TOCFL 3
  • 银行

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Origin

; "bank"

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Lineage

  • characterChinese銀 “silver”
    • meaningChinese金 “copper (Cu)”
    • soundChinese艮 “one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing mountains. (☶)”
      • ideaChinese目 “eye (Classifier: 雙／双 mn-t)”
      • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese行 “to walk”
    • componentChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
    • componentChinese亍 “to stop; to stand still”

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