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Kanji for Mirror
The kanji for “mirror” is 鏡, read kyou and written in 19 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
mirror
A mirror; clear reflection and honesty.
A sacred mirror is one of the three imperial treasures of Japan.
19 strokes On reading キョウ、ケイ (kyou, kei) Kun reading かがみ (kagami) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kyou
In Japan it appears in about 89 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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