Memory phrase for the Kanji: 镜


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Meaning mirror, lens

Pronunciation

jìng

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/, right: actually (to stand and a variation of the traditional: 'to see': 見, therefore: "to practically see") ['to see' 見 is typically simplified to ]

Mnemonic


 
It is made of metal and when standing in front, you can practically see yourself: It is a mirror.

Radicals

gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
unexpectedly, indeed
stand
to seeThis radical is simplified from 見, that is understood as "an eye on legs ", expressing a "looking around".
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 Vocabulary

 镜子  jìng zi  mirror
 显微镜  xiǎn wēi jìng  microscope
 镜头  jìng tóu  camera shot (in a movie etc); scene
 凹面镜  āo miàn jìng  concave mirror
 棱镜  léng jìng  prism; prismatic lens
 棱镜  léng jìng  


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