Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 銀子, 吟子(Japanese Kanji) ぎんこ (Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɡʲiŋ.ko̞/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from the Japanese kanji 銀 (gin) meaning "silver" or 吟 (gin) meaning "to sing, to recite" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".Other kanji combinations are also possible.