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Mirror Stand Legs Metal Sun Amaterasu Cave 鏡

Kanji
Onyomi キョウ、ケイ
Kunyomi かがみ
Nanori あき, かが, かがん
English mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
Examples 鏡(かがみ): mirror
望遠鏡(ぼうえんきょう): telescope
眼鏡(めがね): (1) spectacles; glasses (2) judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight
顕微鏡(けんびきょう): microscope
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade 4
Frequency 1506
Components 金: gold
竟: end; finally
Number of Strokes 19
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 167
Radical Strokes 8
Radical Reading かね・かねへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword mirror
Koohii Story 1 Mirror should suggest vanity. Imagine a spoiled girl who gets her parents to buy her a Golden mirror so she can stand in front of it all day vainly admiring her lovely human legs.
Koohii Story 2 metal + stand up + sun + legs remember the legend of Amaterasu who retired in a cave. the other Gods brought a MIRROR made of polished METAL at the entrance of the cave. Amaterasu who was STANDING UP saw her image of the SUN and began to dance with her LEGS.

Tags: jlpt.n1, grade4, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_manufactured.item

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