鏡

音読おんよみ: キョウ

訓読くんよみ: かがみ

画数かくすう: 19

部首ぶしゅ: かねへん(金)

Meaning

Mirror / Reflect / Looking-Glass

  • 鏡台きょうだい — dressing table
  • 眼鏡めがね — glasses; spectacles
  • 鏡餅かがみもち — traditional round rice cake for New Year

鏡 is a phono-semantic compound: 金 (metal) + 京 (phonetic). Originally metal mirrors polished to shine, it now also works metaphorically for reflection of truth, character, or history.

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