Kanji1 / 19
鏡 kanji
mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 19
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
キョウケイ
Kun readings
かがみ
Variant forms
獍Words with 鏡
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —単眼鏡monocle
- —天眼鏡magnifying glass (esp. in physiognomy, palm reading, etc.)
- —凸面鏡convex mirror
- —反射鏡reflector
- —平面鏡plane mirror
- —万華鏡kaleidoscope
- —拡大鏡magnifying glass; magnifier; loupe
- —内視鏡endoscope
- —老眼鏡reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
- —近眼鏡corrective lenses for myopia
- —球面鏡spherical mirror
- —検眼鏡ophthalmoscope
- —立体鏡stereoscope
- —実体鏡stereoscope
- —腹腔鏡laparoscope
- —膀胱鏡cystoscope
- —太陽鏡helioscope
- —神獣鏡ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
- —接眼鏡eyepiece; ocular lens
- —夔鳳鏡intricately inscribed ancient bronze or iron mirror featuring a pair of firebirds