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鏡

Mirror
Stroke count: 19

Readings

On readingキョウ
Kun readingかがみ
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 4Level 13

Meanings

  1. mirrorRtK
  2. speculum
  3. barrel-head
  4. round rice-cake offering
  1. looking-glass
  2. barrel head
  3. page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.
  4. mirror-shaped mochi

Synonyms

ミラー鏡餅

Popular Usage

眼鏡顕微鏡

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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metal (金) · gold (金) · vase · stand up (立) · sun (日) · day (日) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 522

Compound words

眼鏡めがね
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement
顕微鏡けんびきょう
microscope
鏡餅かがみもち
kagami mochi; New Year offering consisting of two mochi stacked on each other with a bitter orange on top, cut and eaten on January 11
鏡台きょうだい
dresser; dressing table; vanity table
双眼鏡そうがんきょう
binoculars; field glasses
望遠鏡ぼうえんきょう
telescope
胃鏡いきょう
gastroscope
鏡藷かがみいも
Metaplexis japonica
鏡像きょうぞう
reflection in a mirror
鏡板かがみいた
panel
鏡面きょうめん
mirror surface
鏡匣きょうこう
mirror case
鏡餠かがみもち
kagami mochi
凸鏡とっきょう
convex mirror
鸞鏡らんきょう
mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back
遠眼鏡とおめがね
spectacles for far-sightedness
凹眼鏡おうがんきょう
concave glasses
凹面鏡おうめんきょう
concave mirror
三稜鏡さんりょうきょう
prism
八咫鏡やたのかがみ
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia)
膀胱鏡ぼうこうきょう
cystoscope
萬花鏡まんげきょう
kaleidoscope
萬華鏡まんげきょう
kaleidoscope
覗き眼鏡のぞきめがね
peep show

Kun Reading Examples

彼女は金づちで鏡を粉々にしました。かがみ
She shattered the mirror with a hammer.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は双眼鏡で競馬を見た。
He watched the horse racing through his binoculars.tatoeba
彼は厚い眼鏡をかけている。
He wears thick glasses.tatoeba
彼は顕微鏡をのぞいていた。
He was looking through a microscope.tatoeba
彼は鏡をとって舌をよく観察した。
He picked up a mirror and examined his tongue.tatoeba

Stroke Order

19 strokes

Mirror. 金 (metal) + 竟 — polished metal you can see yourself in.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鏡

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step