The kanji 鏡: meaning, readings and stroke order

鏡

Meaning: mirror
On reading: キョウ kyou
Kun reading: かがみ kagami
Strokes: 19
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái gương (kính)
Japanese: かがみ。
Korean: 거울 (경)
Chinese: 镜子 (镜)

Readings, words and example sentences

キョウ kyou · on reading

望ぼう遠えん鏡きょう
telescope
望ぼう遠えん鏡きょうで星を見ます。
I look at the stars through a telescope.

かがみ kagami · kun reading

鏡かがみ
mirror
鏡かがみで顔を見ます。
I look at my face in the mirror.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.