鏡 — kanji meaning “mirror”
鏡
mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
- Meanings
- mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
- On'yomi
- キョウ (kyou)、ケイ (kei)
- Kun'yomi
- かがみ
- Name readings
- あき、かが、かがん
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1506 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 167
- Chinese reading
- jìng — Chinese character page
Words with 鏡
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼鏡 | めがね megane | glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles |
| 望遠鏡 | ぼうえんきょう bouenkyou | telescope |
| 顕微鏡 | けんびきょう kenbikyou | microscope |
| 双眼鏡 | そうがんきょう sougankyou | binoculars; field glasses |
| 万華鏡 | まんげきょう mangekyou | kaleidoscope |
| 眼鏡 | がんきょう gankyou | glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles |
| 鏡面 | きょうめん kyoumen | mirror surface; lens surface |
| 鏡台 | きょうだい kyoudai | dresser; dressing table; vanity table |
| 老眼鏡 | ろうがんきょう rougankyou | reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged |
| 潜望鏡 | せんぼうきょう senboukyou | periscope |
| 鏡餅 | かがみもち kagamimochi | 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 |
| 水鏡 | みずかがみ mizukagami | reflective water surface; reflecting water |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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