Japanese Kanji
鏡kyou
mirror · speculum · barrel-head
Grade 4 · JLPT N1 · 19 strokes
Mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering.
鏡 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 19 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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