Memory phrase for the character: 镜

镜

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Meaning

mirror, lens

Pronunciation

jìng

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

金	gold, metal	This radical is always on the left side of a character.
竟	unexpectedly, indeed
立	stand	A person with wide hips 六 stands upright on the ground 一.
见	to see	This radical is simplified from 見, that is understood as "an eye 目 on legs 儿", 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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