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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

1506 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

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

Kunyomi: かがみ

Onyomi: キョウ, ケイ

Composition: 金 竟

鏡

Radical

Radical: 金

Reading: かねへん

Meaning: metal, gold

Strokes: 8

Reading: かねへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

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

鏡(かがみ)   mirror

手鏡(てかがみ)   hand-mirror

*眼鏡(めがね)   eyeglasses

Onyomi Examples

鏡面 (キョウメン) mirror surface, lens surface

鏡台 (キョウダイ) dresser

内視鏡 (ナイシキョウ) endoscope

万華鏡 (マンゲキョウ) kaleidoscope

明鏡 (メイキョウ) polished mirror, clear mirror

鸞鏡 (ランキョウ) mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back, (in Japan) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)

Kunyomi Examples

鏡 (かがみ) mirror, looking-glass, barrel head, page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc., mirror-shaped mochi

鑑 (かがみ) model, pattern, paragon, exemplar

懐中鏡 (かいちゅうかがみ) pocket mirror

化粧鏡 (けしょうかがみ) bathroom mirror, vanity mirror

Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan