Kanji

鏡

鏡

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 4

Strokes

19 strokes

Radical

金部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キョウ, ケイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

かがみ

Nanori (Name Reading)

あき, あきら, かがみ, かね, とし, み

Common Readings

キョウ, かがみ

Example sentences

鏡 かがみ
毎朝、鏡の前で身だしなみを整える。

Every morning, I groom myself in front of the mirror.

姿 すがた
鏡に映った自分の姿を見る

I look at my own figure reflected in the mirror.

眼鏡 めがね
祖父は眼鏡をかけて本を読んでいる。

My grandfather is wearing glasses and reading a book.

はっきり はっきり
眼鏡をかけると、遠くの景色がはっきり見える。

When I put on glasses, the distant scenery looks clear.

眼鏡をかける めがねをかける
彼は読書の時だけ眼鏡をかける。

He wears glasses only when reading.

望遠鏡 ぼうえんきょう
望遠鏡で遠くの星を観察する

Observe distant stars with a telescope.

星群 せいぐん
夜空に輝く星群を望遠鏡で観察した。

I observed the star cluster shining in the night sky with a telescope.

双眼鏡 そうがんきょう
遠くの鳥を観察するために双眼鏡を使った。

I used binoculars to observe birds in the distance.

Example Vocabulary

鏡

かがみ

mirror

眼鏡

めがね

glasses; eyeglasses

眼鏡をかける

めがねをかける

to wear glasses; to put on glasses

鏡に映る

かがみにうつる

望遠鏡

ぼうえんきょう

telescope

双眼鏡

そうがんきょう

binoculars

手鏡

てかがみ

眼鏡を外す

めがねをはずす

鏡面

きょうめん

鏡台

きょうだい

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