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鏡

JLPT N1 SL4 19 strokes Frequency: #1506

Meanings

Mirror, Speculum, Barrel-head, Round Rice-cake Offering

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒竟

Etymology

Pictophonetic: metal

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 19

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot top-left-to-bottom-right

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 vertical right-to-left

10 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

11 dot right-to-left

12 diagonal right-to-left

13 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

14 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

15 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

16 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

17 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

18 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

19 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

キョウ kyou

ケイ kei

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

かがみ kagami

Words Using This Kanji

172 words total

Other (20 words)

panel

mirror surface

dresser

reflection in a mirror

microscope

opposite mirrors

sunglasses

three-sided mirror

prism

photographic telescope

手鏡てかがみ

hand-mirror

色眼鏡で見るいろめがねでみる

to look at from a biased viewpoint

coloured glasses

periscope

binoculars

monocle

magnifying glass

magnifying glass (esp. in physiognomy, palm reading, etc.)

凸鏡とっきょう

convex mirror

鏡かがみ

mirror

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