鏡
Mirror
Meanings
Mirror, Speculum, Barrel-head, Round Rice-cake Offering
On'yomi
きょう、 けい
Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.
Kun'yomi
かがみ
Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.
Stroke order
鏡 is written in 19 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
About this kanji
鏡 (Mirror) is taught on WaniKani at level 13 and appears in the JLPT N1 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 4 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #1506 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 19 strokes.
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