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鏡

鏡 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. かがみ
  2. （まれ）かんがみる。
  3. レンズ

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「竟」。「かがみ」を意味する漢語｛鏡｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウElem.
  • ケイ
Kun (native)
  • かがみElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • かが
  • かがん
Other languages
  • 拼音jing4
  • 한글gyeong
  • Hán-ViệtKính

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
19 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+93E1

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金竟

Words using this kanji

  • 鏡かがみ（かがみ）光の反射を利用し、姿を映し出す道具。最も古くは、水盆に水を張り姿を映していたが、やがて金属を磨くことにより作るようになり、現在では平面にしたガラスに銀などをめっきして作る。mirror, looking-glass, barrel head, page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.
  • 鏡台きょうだい化粧などのため鏡を立てるように取り付けた台。dresser, dressing table, vanity table
  • 鏡面きょうめん鏡の表面。mirror surface, lens surface
  • 鏡像きょうぞう神鏡の面に神像や仏像、梵字を刻んだもの。reflection in a mirror, reflected image, mirror image, inverse (of a point)
  • 鏡板かがみいたpanel, scene-panel, painted backdrop (panel at the back of a noh stage), on which a pine tree is painted
  • 鏡餅かがみもちkagami mochi
  • 鏡鑑きょうかん金属でできたかがみ。paragon, mirror
  • 鏡高きょうこうheight of a mirror stand
  • 鏡藷かがみいもMetaplexis japonica
  • 鏡匣きょうこう鏡など化粧道具を入れる箱。mirror case
  • 鏡映きょうえいreflection
  • 鏡筒きょうとうカメラや望遠鏡などでレンズを取り付け、焦点を合わせる筒状の部分。鏡胴。lens-barrel, lens tube (e.g. of a telescope)
  • 鏡貝かがみがいDosinia japonica (species of Venus clam)
  • 鏡裏きょうりimage reflected in a mirror, inside of a mirror, other side of a mirror, rear of a mirror
  • 鏡蓋ガガブタwater snowflake (Nymphoides indica)
  • 鏡肌かがみはだslickenside
  • 鏡開きかがみびらきcutting the New Year's rice cake (January 11th), traditional breaking of a sake cask at weddings, receptions, etc.
  • 鏡割りかがみわりbreaking open a ceremonial sake barrel
  • 鏡像体きょうぞうたいenantiomer
  • 鏡の間かがみのまroom behind the curtain of a noh stage, where the actors prepare, greenroom (noh), hall of mirrors (at Versailles)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-11
Four Corner
8011.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a11.6
Heisig
522
Nelson
4912