漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鏡: mirror, speculum
Also: barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
JLPT N119 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
- 金metal(meaning)
- 竟(sound)
金 carries the meaning · 竟 gives the sound
19 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鏡台きょうだいdressing table
- 望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうtelescope
- 顕微鏡けんびきょうmicroscope
- 双眼鏡そうがんきょうbinoculars, field glasses
- 老眼鏡ろうがんきょうreading glasses
かがみkagami · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鏡かがみmirror
- 手鏡てかがみhand-mirror
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 眼鏡めがねeyeglasses
Also read ケイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 镜 · traditional, as in Japanese · jìng
Japan keeps the traditional form 鏡; mainland China simplifies it to 镜.
- Simplified
- 镜 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鏡 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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