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鏡 = 竟 + 金
鏡 is a Japanese kanji written with 19 strokes, listed here under the keyword “mirror”. It is built from 竟 (finally) and 金 (gold). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 522.
- Keyword
- mirror
- RTK frame
- 522
- Strokes
- 19
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キョウ, ケイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かがみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- зеркало
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鏡 mirror
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鏡 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “finally” + “gold”. 鏡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鏡 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.