TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
銀
銀 ＝ 金 ＋ 艮
ㄧㄣˊ · yín
noun — silver; (by extension) money, bank
字源 FORM — what the parts do
艮聲gèn — gives the sound, worn from gèn to yínan eye (目) turned back, refusing to follow — hard, stubborn, to stop
ITgèn → yín — initial and tone both shifted
A metal (金) and 艮 gèn for the sound, worn to yín. The white metal — silver: 銀子、銀色. From the coin-metal, money and the house that holds it: 銀行、銀元. The same 艮 sounds out 根、跟、狠.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊白亮的金屬（金），硬挺挺像艮（艮）那股不肯讓的勁——銀。
A white gleaming metal (金), hard and unyielding as 艮 — that is 銀.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)銀、白金— silver常用
→銀子、銀色— silver (money); silver-colored常用
⇒銀行、銀元— bank; silver dollar常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension