Translingual [edit]
Han character [edit]
鏡 (radical 167 金+11, 19 strokes, cangjie input 金卜廿山 (CYTU), four-corner 80116)
- mirror
- lens
- glass
- glasses
References [edit]
- KangXi: page 1320, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40812
- Dae Jaweon: page 1820, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4250, character 10
- Unihan data for U+93E1
Cantonese [edit]
鏡 (simplified 镜, Yale geng3)
Japanese [edit]
鏡 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- mirror
Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]
Compounds
- 鏡鞍 (かがみぐら, kagamigura): a type of saddle
- 鏡映 (きょうえい, kyōei): a mirror image, a mirrored projection
- 鏡王女 (かがみのおおきみ, Kagami no Ōkimi): one of the poets of the Man'yōshū
- 鏡架 (きょうか, kyōka): a mirror stand
- 鏡花 (きょうか, kyōka): "a flower in a mirror" → a metaphor for something that can be seen but not touched
- 鏡花水月 (きょうかすいげつ, kyōka suigetsu): "a flower in a mirror, the moon in the water" → a metaphor for something that can be seen but not touched
- 鏡花水月法 (きょうかすいげつほう, kyōka suigetsuhō): a style of expression or storytelling that does not directly describe things, and instead indirectly evokes the appearance of things
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Etymology [edit]
Originally a compound of 影 (kage, “shadow, figure, image”) + 見 (mi, “see”), with the kage changing to kaga.
Pronunciation [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
鏡 (hiragana かがみ, romaji kagami)
- an instrument that reflects an image: a mirror
- c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 14, poem #3468)
- 夜麻杼里乃 乎呂能波都乎尓 可賀美可家 刀奈布倍美許曽 奈尓与曽利鶏米
- やまとりの をろのはつをに かがみかけ となふべみこそ なによそりけめ
- yamatori no oro no hatsuo ni kagami kake tonau bemi koso na ni yosori kemu
- (Noh) the panel at the back of a Noh stage that is painted with an image of an old pine tree
- the barrelhead or lid of a saké barrel
- 昨日、鏡を抜いた。
- きのう、かがみをぬいた。
Kinō, kagami o nuita.
- They removed the barrelhead yesterday. > They opened the saké barrel yesterday.
Idioms [edit]
Idioms
- 鏡は女の魂 (かがみはおんなのたましい, kagami wa onna no tamashī): "a mirror is a woman's soul"
- 鏡が曇ると魂が曇る (かがみがくもるとたましいがくもる, kagami ga kumoru to tamashī ga kumoru): "if the looking glass is cloudy, so too is one's soul" → (particularly regarding women) one's appearance is a reflection of one's psyche, and a disordered appearance indicates a disordered mind
- 鏡は重磨によって輝く (かがみはじゅうまによってかがやく, kagami wa jūma ni yotte kagayaku): "a mirror shines from heavy polishing" → practice makes perfect
- 鏡は容貌を見せ酒は心を現す (かがみはかたちをみせ、さけはこころをあらわす, kagami wa katachi o mise, sake wa kokoro o arawasu):"a mirror shows one's appearance; alcohol brings out one's true thoughts" → a metaphor for how drinking can lead to freer expression of what one really thinks
- 鏡に掛く (かがみにかく, kagami ni kaku): "show in a mirror" → extremely clear, extremely certain: as clear as day
- 鏡を掛く (かがみをかく, kagami o kaku): "hang a mirror" → to know something in detail as if looking at it in a mirror: to know something like the back of one's hand, to know something inside and out
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Derived terms [edit]
Derived terms
- 鏡いご (かがみいご, kagami igo): a type of gelatin made from cooked-down seaweed, used as a side dish during Obon in certain regions
- 鏡ケ池 (かがみがいけ, Kagami-ga-Ike, Kagamigaike): "Mirror Pond", a place name: any of several ponds in Tokyo, Aichi, and elsewhere
- 鏡なす (かがみなす, kagaminasu): to hold something dear and treat it with care (as one used to do when mirrors were rare and expensive); to be mirror-like (obsolete, and only applied to specific bodies of water)
- 鏡の家 (かがみのいえ, kagami no ie): a box or case for a mirror
- 鏡の奩 (かがみのす, kagami no su): a box or case for a mirror
- 鏡の間 (かがみのま, kagami no ma): in Noh, a room or alcove behind the curtain and affixed with a mirror for players to check their appearance; a similar space in other theaters; a room with mirrors on all four walls, such as at Versailles
- 鏡板 (かがみいた, kagami ita): a panel that forms the back wall of a Noh stage and is traditionally painted with a picture of an old pine tree
- 鏡の松 (かがみのまつ, kagami no matsu): a painting of an old pine tree on the 鏡板 (kagami ita) that forms the back wall of a Noh stage
- 鏡の御影 (かがみのみえい, kagami no miei): (painting) a depiction of a round window through which can be seen gods, spirits, or Buddhas
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References [edit]
Korean [edit]
鏡 (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)
Mandarin [edit]
鏡 (simplified 镜, pinyin jìng (jing4), Wade-Giles ching4)
Compounds [edit]
Vietnamese [edit]
Han character [edit]
鏡 (kính, kẻng, gương, kiếng)
