Q&A about Kanji

銀行 (ぎんこう) ginkou = bank

The name "銀行 (ぎんこう) " (bank) was first used in the "National Bank Act" enacted in 1872.
When translating bank" the two most likely translations were "金行""銀行" , as it is a word that means a store that handles お金 (かね) (money) ("行" in Chinese).

• 銀 (ぎん) = silver
• 金(きん（kin）,かね（kane）) = gold , money
• 艮 = The kanji character "艮" means "northeast direction," "against," and "to take back."
• 行 (い) く = go

「聿」(イツitsu/イチichi)

"聿" is the original character for "筆 (ふで) "(brush) and represents the shape of a brush being held in a hand.

椅子 (いす) = chair

• 椅 = The kanji character '椅' means chair or bench.
• 何 = 何 is a kanji that means what, what kind of, why, etc.
• 可 = The kanji character "可" has the meaning of "good" or "fine" and expresses the meaning of "to be able to do something."

時計 (とけい) = clock

• 時 (とき) = time
• 計 (けい) = measure
• 言 = say
• 十 (じゅう) = ten
• The character for "計" is written with the 十 character written vertically longer than the character for "言" .