Wiktionary

鏡

See also: 镜
鏡 U+93E1, 鏡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93E1
← 鏠
[U+93E0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鏢 →
[U+93E2]

Translingual

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Han character

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鏡 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金卜廿山 (CYTU), four-corner 80116, composition ⿰釒竟)

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1320, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40812
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1820, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4250, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+93E1

Chinese

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trad. 鏡
simp. 镜
2nd round simp. 𰽟

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 鏡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
   
Characters in the same phonetic series (竟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
滰 *ɡaŋʔ
境 *kraŋʔ
竟 *kraŋs
鏡 *kraŋs
獍 *kraŋs
樈 *ɡraŋ
璄 *qraŋʔ
摬 *qraŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kraŋs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 竟 (OC *kraŋs).

Etymology

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Probably cognate with 景 (OC *kraŋʔ, “bright”), 影 (OC *qraŋʔ, “shadow”) (Wang, 1982; Schuessler, 2007; Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Gong (2019) identifies the unknown preinitial *C in the reconstruction by Baxter and Sagart (2014) with *s based on evidence from Old Vietnamese, and further posits that it is an instrumental noun derived by prefixation of *s- to the verb 映 (OC *qraŋs, “to reflect”), which is itself a denominal derived from 影 (OC *qraŋʔ, “shadow; image”).

Alternatively, it may be derived from 亮 (OC *raŋs, “to shine”) with the nominalising *k- prefix (Schuessler, 2007; apud Baxter, p.c.).

STEDT compares 鏡, 景 and 亮, among others, to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”).

This word is relatively late and is perhaps re-etymologized from the nearly identical earlier word 監 (OC *kraːms), 鑑 (OC *kraːms, “mirror”) (Schuessler, 2007), which Wang (1982) treats as cognate. Gong (2019) considers 鏡 to be an unrelated neologism replacing 鑑.

Pronunciation

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Note: giang1* - standalone noun or head of a compound.
Note:
  • jiang4 - vernacular;
  • jin4 - literary.
Note:
  • giáng - vernacular;
  • géng - literary.
Note:
  • kiàⁿ - vernacular;
  • kèng/kǐn - literary.
Rime
Character 鏡
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 庚 (111)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 居慶切
Baxter kjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kˠiæŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kᵚiaŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kiaŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kiajŋH/
Li
Rong 		/kiɐŋH/
Wang
Li 		/kĭɐŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ki̯ɐŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jìng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ging3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 鏡
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kjængH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*C.qraŋʔ-s/
English mirror

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 鏡
Reading # 1/1
No. 6870
Phonetic
component 		竟
Rime
group 		陽
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		敬
Old
Chinese 		/*kraŋs/

Definitions

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鏡

  1. (now in compounds or dialectal) mirror; reflecting glass (Classifier: 塊／块 c)
    鏡子／镜子  ―  jìngzi  ―  mirror
    銅鏡／铜镜  ―  tóngjìng  ―  bronze mirror
    穿衣鏡／穿衣镜  ―  chuānyījìng  ―  dressing mirror
  2. (physics, in compounds) lens; -scope
    稜鏡／棱镜  ―  léngjìng  ―  prism
    凸透鏡／凸透镜  ―  tūtòujìng  ―  convex lens
  3. (in compounds) spectacles; glasses
    太陽鏡／太阳镜  ―  tàiyángjìng  ―  sunglasses
    護目鏡／护目镜  ―  hùmùjìng  ―  goggles
  4. (Cantonese) Short for 鏡頭／镜头 (jìngtóu, “camera lens”). (Classifier: 支 c)
  5. † to mirror; to reflect
  6. † to perceive; to observe clearly
  7. † to use for reference; to draw lessons from
  8. † clear
  9. a surname

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 鏡子 (“mirror”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 鏡, 鑒
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鏡子
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 鏡子
Taiwan 鏡子
Harbin 鏡子
Malaysia 鏡子
Singapore 鏡子
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 鏡子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 鏡子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 鏡子
Wanrong 鏡子
Xi'an 鏡兒
Xining 鏡兒
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 鏡子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 鏡子
Lanzhou 鏡子
Ürümqi 鏡子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 鏡子
Wuhan 鏡子
Guiyang 鏡子
Lancang 鏡子
Guilin 鏡子
Pingle 鏡子
Liuzhou 鏡子
Luzhai 鏡子
Nanning (Wuming) 鏡子
Binyang (Nanjie) 鏡子, 紅毛鏡
Hechi (Yizhou) 鏡子, 穿衣鏡
Luocheng (Dongmen) 鏡子
Tianlin (Langping) 鏡子
Dagudi (Maliba) 鏡蓋
Reshuitang (Longling) 鏡蓋, 鏡子
Mae Salong (Lancang) 鏡子
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 鏡子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 鏡子
Yangzhou 鏡子
Hefei 鏡子
Cantonese Guangzhou 鏡
Hong Kong 鏡
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 鏡
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 鏡
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 鏡
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 鏡
Macau 鏡
Guangzhou (Panyu) 鏡
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 鏡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 鏡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 鏡
Foshan 鏡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 鏡
Foshan (Shunde) 鏡
Foshan (Sanshui) 鏡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 鏡
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 鏡
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 鏡
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 鏡
Zhuhai (Doumen) 鏡
Jiangmen (Baisha) 鏡
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 鏡
Taishan 鏡
Kaiping (Chikan) 鏡
Enping (Niujiang) 鏡
Heshan (Yayao) 鏡
Dongguan 鏡
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 鏡
Yangjiang 鏡
Wuzhou 鏡
Rongxian 鏡
Hepu (Lianzhou) 鏡
Hepu (Shatian) 鏡
Beiliu 鏡
Baise 鏡
Bobai 鏡
Qinzhou 鏡
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 鏡
Beihai 鏡
Beihai (Nankang) 鏡
Beihai (Yingpan) 鏡兒
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 鏡
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 鏡
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 鏡
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 鏡
Singapore (Guangfu) 鏡
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 鏡
Móng Cái 鏡
Bangkok (Guangfu) 鏡
Betong (Rongxian) 鏡
Gan Nanchang 鏡子
Lichuan 鏡
Pingxiang 鏡子
Hakka Meixian 鏡仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 鏡
Dongguan (Qingxi) 鏡仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 鏡仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鏡
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 鏡
Jiexi 鏡
Yudu 鏡子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 鏡仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 鏡仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 鏡仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 鏡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 鏡仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 鏡
Hong Kong 鏡
Senai (Huiyang) 鏡
Kuching (Hepo) 鏡
Bangkok (Meixian) 鏡仔
Huizhou Jixi 鏡
Jin Taiyuan 鏡兒, 鏡子
Xinzhou 鏡兒
Northern Min Jian'ou 鏡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 鏡
Matsu 鏡
Southern Min Xiamen 鏡
Quanzhou 鏡
Zhangzhou 鏡
Taipei 鏡
Penang (Hokkien) 鏡
Singapore (Hokkien) 鏡
Manila (Hokkien) 鏡
Medan (Hokkien) 鏡
Chaozhou 鏡
Shantou 鏡
Jieyang 鏡
Bangkok (Teochew) 鏡, กระจก
Chiang Mai (Teochew) 鏡
Hat Yai (Teochew) 鏡, กระจก
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 鏡
Singapore (Teochew) 鏡
Pontianak (Teochew) 鏡
Leizhou 鏡
Haikou 鏡
Puxian Min Putian 鏡
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 鏡
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 鏡
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 鏡
Xianyou 鏡
Xianyou (Fengting) 鏡
Xianyou (Youyang) 鏡
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 鏡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 鏡
Wu Shanghai 鏡子
Shanghai (Chongming) 鏡子
Suzhou 鏡子
Danyang 鏡子
Hangzhou 鏡子
Ningbo 鏡子
Wenzhou 鏡, 玻璃鏡
Jinhua 鏡
Xiang Changsha 鏡子
Xiangxiang 鏡子
Loudi 鏡子
Shuangfeng 鏡子
Dialectal synonyms of 眼鏡 (“eyeglasses”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 靉靆, 眼鏡
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 眼鏡
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子
Taiwan 眼鏡
Chengde 眼鏡兒
Chifeng 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 眼鏡
Heihe 眼鏡兒
Qiqihar 眼鏡, 鏡子
Harbin 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Jiamusi 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Baicheng 眼鏡兒
Changchun 眼鏡兒
Tonghua 眼鏡兒
Shenyang 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Jinzhou 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Malaysia 眼鏡
Singapore 眼鏡
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 眼鏡兒
Tangshan 眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子
Cangzhou 眼鏡兒
Baoding 眼鏡兒
Shijiazhuang 眼鏡兒
Lijin 眼鏡, 鏡子
Jinan 眼鏡子, 鏡子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 眼鏡兒
Dandong 眼鏡兒
Yantai 眼鏡
Yantai (Muping) 眼鏡
Qingdao 眼鏡
Zhucheng 眼鏡
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 眼鏡兒, 二餅兒 derogatory
Lingbao 眼鏡
Jining 眼鏡
Wanrong 眼鏡, 鏡子 dated, 二柄子 derogatory
Linfen 眼鏡兒
Shangqiu 眼鏡兒
Yuanyang 眼鏡
Zhengzhou 眼鏡
Xinyang 眼鏡兒
Baihe 眼鏡, 眼鏡子
Xi'an 眼鏡, 眼鏡兒
Baoji 眼鏡
Tianshui 眼鏡
Xining 眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子, 眼鏡兒子
Xuzhou 眼鏡, 二餅 humorous
Fuyang 眼鏡, 鏡子
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 眼鏡子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 眼鏡, 眼鏡兒
Lanzhou 眼鏡兒, 眼鏡子, 鏡子, 二軲轆 humorous
Dunhuang 眼鏡子
Hami 眼鏡
Ürümqi 眼鏡子, 鏡子
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 眼鏡兒, 眼鏡
Nanchong 眼鏡兒
Dazhou 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Hanyuan 眼鏡, 眼鏡子
Xichang 眼鏡
Zigong 眼鏡兒
Chongqing 眼鏡兒
Wuhan 眼鏡, 鏡子 dated, 玻璃 humorous
Yichang 眼鏡
Xiangyang 眼鏡, 鏡子
Tianmen 眼鏡
Guiyang 眼鏡
Zunyi 眼鏡
Bijie 眼鏡
Liping 眼鏡
Zhaotong 眼鏡
Dali 眼鏡
Kunming 眼鏡
Mengzi 眼鏡
Guilin 眼鏡
Liuzhou 眼鏡
Jishou 眼鏡
Changde 眼鏡
Hanzhong 眼鏡子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 眼鏡, 二餅 humorous
Yangzhou 眼鏡子
Lianyungang 眼鏡
Lianshui 眼鏡子
Nantong 眼鏡
Anqing 眼鏡, 眼睛罩 dated
Wuhu 眼鏡子
Hefei 眼鏡子
Huanggang 眼鏡兒
Hong'an 眼鏡, 鏡子
Cantonese Guangzhou 眼鏡, 眼枷
Hong Kong 眼鏡
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 眼鏡
Macau 眼鏡
Guangzhou (Panyu) 眼鏡
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 眼鏡
Guangzhou (Conghua) 眼鏡
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 眼鏡
Foshan 眼鏡
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 眼鏡
Foshan (Shunde) 眼鏡
Foshan (Sanshui) 眼鏡
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 眼鏡
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 眼鏡
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 眼鏡
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 眼鏡
Zhuhai (Doumen) 眼鏡
Jiangmen (Baisha) 眼鏡
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 眼鏡
Taishan 眼鏡
Kaiping (Chikan) 眼鏡
Enping (Niujiang) 眼鏡
Heshan (Yayao) 眼鏡
Dongguan 眼鏡, 二文錢 dated
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 眼鏡
Qingyuan 眼鏡
Fogang 眼鏡
Yingde (Hanguang) 眼鏡
Yangshan 眼鏡
Lianshan (Butian) 眼鏡
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 眼鏡
Shaoguan 眼鏡
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 眼鏡
Renhua 眼鏡
Lechang 眼鏡
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 眼鏡
Sihui 眼鏡
Guangning 眼鏡
Deqing 眼鏡
Huaiji 眼鏡
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 眼鏡
Yunfu 眼鏡
Xinxing 眼鏡
Luoding 眼鏡
Yunan (Pingtai) 眼鏡
Xinyi 眼鏡
Lianjiang 眼鏡
Nanning 眼鏡
Wuzhou 眼鏡
Yulin 眼鏡
Hepu (Lianzhou) 眼鏡
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao) 眼鏡
Singapore (Guangfu) 眼鏡
Gan Nanchang 眼鏡子
Lichuan 眼鏡
Pingxiang 眼鏡
Hakka Meixian 目鏡, 眼鏡
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 眼鏡
Dongguan (Qingxi) 眼鏡
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 眼鏡
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 眼鏡
Wuhua (Huacheng) 眼鏡
Wuhua (Changbu) 眼鏡
Wuhua (Mianyang) 眼鏡
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 眼鏡
Jiexi 目鏡
Luhe 目鏡
Changting 眼鏡
Longyan (Yongding) 眼鏡
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 目鏡, 眼鏡
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 眼鏡
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 目鏡
Wuping (Zhongshan) 目鏡
Liancheng (Peitian) 眼鏡
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 眼鏡
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 目鏡
Yudu 眼鏡
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) 目鏡
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 眼鏡
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 目鏡
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 眼枷仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 眼枷仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 目鏡
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 目鏡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 目鏡
Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) 目鏡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 目鏡
Luchuan (Daqiao) 眼鏡
Sabah (Longchuan) 眼鏡
Kuching (Hepo) 目鏡
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 目鏡
Singkawang 目鏡
Bangkok (Meixian) 眼鏡
Bangkok (Fengshun) 目鏡
Huizhou Jixi 眼鏡
Shexian 眼鏡
Jin Taiyuan 眼鏡
Yangyuan 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Datong 眼鏡兒
Xinzhou 眼鏡, 二餅子 derogatory
Lüliang (Lishi) 眼鏡兒
Changzhi 眼鏡兒
Linhe 眼鏡
Jining 眼鏡兒
Hohhot 眼鏡
Erenhot 眼鏡兒
Pingshan 眼鏡子, 鏡子
Zhangjiakou 眼鏡兒, 鏡子
Handan 眼鏡
Linzhou 眼鏡
Suide 眼鏡
Northern Min Jian'ou 眼鏡
Songxi 眼鏡
Jianyang 眼鏡
Eastern Min Fuzhou 眼鏡
Fuqing 眼鏡
Gutian 眼鏡
Ningde 眼鏡
Zhouning 眼鏡
Fuding 眼鏡
Youxi 眼鏡
Matsu 眼鏡
Southern Min Xiamen 目鏡
Quanzhou 目鏡
Jinjiang 目鏡
Yongchun 目鏡
Zhangzhou 目鏡
Zhao'an 目鏡
Taipei 目鏡
Taipei (Wanhua) 目鏡
New Taipei (Tamsui) 目鏡
New Taipei (Sanxia) 目鏡
New Taipei (Pingxi) 目鏡
Kaohsiung 目鏡
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 目鏡
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) 目鏡
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 目鏡
Kaohsiung (Tianliao) 目鏡
Yilan 目鏡
Yilan (Luodong) 目鏡
Yilan (Toucheng) 目鏡
Changhua (Lukang) 目鏡
Taichung 目鏡
Taichung (Wuqi) 目鏡
Tainan 目鏡
Tainan (Anping) 目鏡
Taitung 目鏡
Hsinchu 目鏡
Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) 目鏡
Penghu (Magong) 目鏡
Penghu (Xiyu) 目鏡
Penang (Hokkien) 目鏡
Singapore (Hokkien) 目鏡
Manila (Hokkien) 目鏡
Longyan 目鏡
Zhangping (Yongfu) 目鏡
Datian 眼鏡
Pingnan (Shangdu) 眼鏡
Chaozhou 目鏡
Shantou 目鏡
Shantou (Chenghai) 目鏡
Shantou (Chaoyang) 目鏡
Jieyang 目鏡
Haifeng 目鏡
Phnom Penh (Teochew) 目鏡
Singapore (Teochew) 目鏡
Leizhou 目鏡
Wenchang 目鏡
Haikou 目鏡
Puxian Min Putian 目鏡
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 目鏡
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 目鏡
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 目鏡
Xianyou 目鏡
Xianyou (Fengting) 目鏡
Xianyou (Youyang) 目鏡
Central Min Yong'an 眼鏡, 目鏡
Sanming (Shaxian) 目鏡
Shaojiang Min Shaowu 眼鏡
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 眼鏡
Sanxiang 目鏡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 眼鏡, 眼枷
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 眼鏡子
Waxiang Yuanling (Shaojiwan) 眼鏡
Wu Shanghai 眼鏡, 托力克
Shanghai (Chongming) 眼鏡
Suzhou 眼鏡
Danyang 眼鏡子
Hangzhou 眼鏡兒
Ningbo 蔡眼
Wenzhou 眼鏡, 眼視鏡
Jinhua 眼鏡
Xiang Changsha 眼鏡
Loudi 眼鏡
Quanzhou 眼鏡
Xiangnan Tuhua Jiangyong 眼鏡

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (鏡):
  • → Japanese: 鏡(きょう) (kyō)
  • → Korean: 경(鏡) (gyeong)
  • → Vietnamese: kính (鏡)

Others:

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Japanese

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Shinjitai 鏡
Kyūjitai
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鏡+&#xE0102;?
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Kanji

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鏡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
鏡
かがみ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Originally a compound of 影 (kaga, ancient combining form of 影 (kage), “shadow; outline; figure; image”) +‎ 見 (mi, “seeing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 見る (miru), “to see, to look at”).[3][4]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) かがみ​ [kàgámíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[4]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡa̠mʲi]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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鏡(かがみ) • (kagami) 

  1. a mirror (smooth reflecting surface)
    • 1999 March 6, “ミラージュ [Mirage]”, in Starter Box(スターターボックス), Konami:
      手(て)にする鏡(かがみ)から仲(なか)間(ま)を呼(よ)び出(だ)すことのできる鳥(とり)のけもの。
      Te ni suru kagami kara nakama o yobidasu koto no dekiru tori no kemono.
      An avian beast that can call upon its companions from inside the mirror in its hands.
    • 1999 July 22, “アブソリューター [Absolutor]”, in Vol.4, Konami:
      相(あい)手(て)を鏡(かがみ)の中(なか)の世(せ)界(かい)に吸(す)い込(こ)むことができる。
      Aite o kagami no naka no sekai ni suikomu koto ga dekiru.
      It can suck opponents into the world inside the mirror.
  2. Short for 鏡餅 (kagami mochi): a set of mochi rice cakes used in New Year celebrations
  3. Short for 鏡物 (kagamimono): This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. (theater) Short for 鏡板 (kagami ita): the panel at the back of a noh stage that is painted with an image of an old pine tree
  5. the barrelhead or lid of a sake barrel
    昨日(きのう)、鏡(かがみ)を抜(ぬ)いた。
    Kinō, kagami o nuita.
    They removed the barrelhead yesterday. → They opened the saké barrel yesterday.
  6. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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Proper noun

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鏡(かがみ) • (Kagami) 

  1. a placename
  2. a surname
  3. a female given name

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
鏡
きょう
Grade: 4
goon

/kjau/ → /kjɔː/ → /kjoː/

From Middle Chinese 鏡 (MC kjaengH).

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鏡(きょう) • (kyō) ←きやう (kyau)?

  1. mirror
  2. speculum
  3. pattern, model, example
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鏡(きょう) • (Kyō) ←きやう (kyau)?

  1. a female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2198 (paper), page 1151 (digital)
  2. ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 1274 (paper), page 650 (digital)
  3. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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鏡 (eumhun 거울 경 (geoul gyeong))

  1. Hanja form? of 경 (“mirror, lens”).
  2. Hanja form? of 경 (“glass, glasses”).

Oki-No-Erabu

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Kanji

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鏡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Etymology

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Cognate with Japanese 鏡 (kagami, “mirror”).

Noun

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鏡(はがみ) (hagami) 

  1. a mirror

Okinawan

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Kanji

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鏡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
鏡
かがん
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Cognate with mainland Japanese 鏡 (kagami) and Kagoshima dialect 鏡 (kagan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鏡(かがん) (kagan) 

  1. a mirror

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Old Japanese

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Etymology

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Originally a compound of 影 (kaga, combining form of 影 (kage2), “shadow; outline; figure; image”) +‎ 見 (mi1, “seeing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 見る (mi1ru), “to see, to look at”).[1][2]

Noun

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鏡 (kagami1) (kana かがみ)

  1. a mirror
    • 711–712, Kojiki, poem 90; also Man'yōshū, book 13, poem 3263:
      ...伊久比爾波加賀美袁加氣麻久比爾波麻多麻袁加氣...
      ...ikupi1 ni pa kagami1 wo kake2 ma-kupi1 ni pa ma-tama wo kake2...
      On the sacred stake a mirror is suspended; on the splendid stake splendid jewels are suspended.[3]
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 14, poem 3468:
      ,[4] text here
      夜麻杼里乃乎呂能波都乎爾可賀美可家刀奈布倍美許曾奈爾与曾利鷄米
      yamado2ri no2 woro2 no2 patuwo ni kagami1 kake1 to1nau be2mi1 ko2so2 na ni yo2serike1me2
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 鏡 (kagami)

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Helen Craig McCullough (1985) Brocade by Night: Kokin Wakashū and the Court Style in Japanese Classical Poetry, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 80
  4. ^ Satake, Akihiro with Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, and Yoshiyuki Yamazaki (c. 759) Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 3: Man’yōshū 3 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 2002, →ISBN.

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Han character

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鏡: Hán Nôm readings: kính, kẻng, gương, kiếng

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Yonaguni

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Kanji

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鏡

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Etymology

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Cognate with Japanese 鏡 (kagami, “mirror”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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鏡(かか゚ん) (ka'ngan) 

  1. a mirror
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