Is this Japanese silver mark?

The first part looks like Japanese sterling marks on this mixed metal lighter? The first part of them mark looks like marks shown on the .925 site, the second part does not. Thanks for the input. Tara

 

oops last photo upside down

 

The first character is the Chinese one used for silver. It's also used by Japanese and Koreans. The second mark isn't the sterling one though. It might be the Japanese version of EPNS.

 

That is what I was thinking, so I went to translation site and typed in silver plate and it isn't a match

銀鍍金 [ぎんめっき] {noun}
silver-plating {noun}

The third character is actually looks like a partial mark for gold.

黄金 [おうごん] {noun} (also: 金)
gold {noun}

 

It could very well be gold.

The design is a process called Damascene. In which silver and/or gold are applied to the metal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascening

 

Mid 20th century Nunome Zogan (Japanese damascene), the inlays on the patinated steel would be genuine silver and gold.

~Cheryl

 

Absolutely japanese. In japanese style and japanese mark "Silver".
Even though the words reads as traditional Chinese. but the lighter itself is japanese.

 

i have a trinket dish with the same marking. after searching on google, i found out the strange character means "sei" or "make" meaning "silver made"