Chinese Character 镜 Meanings and components.

Form

镜

Meaning

镜 meaning[3] in English

Mirror.

Lens.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 镜 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and unexpectedly (竟)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with OPYTU

How to write 镜

To write镜jing4mirror you should write a combination of 钅jin1 , 竟jing4unexpectedly arranged in a 吅 shape:

钅 + 竟 = 镜

镜 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 镜 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 镜, looks as follow:

镜
Pinyin:jing4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Mirror . Lens
钅
Pinyin:jin1
竟
Pinyin:jing4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Unexpectedly . Actually . To Go So Far As To . Indeed
立
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
見
Pinyin:jian4
Meaning[3]: To See . To Meet . To Appear (To Be Sth) . To Interview
目
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Eye . Item . Section . List . Catalogue . Table Of Contents . Order (Taxonomy) . Goal . Name . Title
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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