銀行

银

銀

yín

行

háng

bank / CL:家[jia1],個|个[ge4]

Characters and words in 銀行

银

銀

yín = y + (e)n2

silver / silver-colored / relating to money or currency

银 = 艮 + 钅 : Maud Younger spotted a large silver sphere hanging above the entrance to the encampment. She wants to have it and repeatedly throws a golden harpoon at it; to retract the harpoon she uses a chewing gum which she attached to the harpoon, so that it expands to a long rope as she throws the golden harpoon at the silver sphere.

行

háng = h + ang2

row / line / commercial firm / line of business / profession / to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column

行

xíng = xi + (e)ng2

to walk / to go / to travel / a visit / temporary / makeshift / current / in circulation / to do / to perform / capable / competent / effective / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct / Taiwan pr. [xing4] for the behavior-conduct sense

行 = 亍 + 彳 : Mnemonic symbol from "to travel": seven-league boots.

Xi Shi (xi) is tired of walking with a black sneaker on her left foot (彳) and a full armor boot on her right foot (亍). Fortunately she finds seven-league boots (行) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2).