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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.
RTK Index (new) 522

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

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