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鏡 means 'mirror'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 1077   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-11    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 28 words   Used in 175 words   Used in 294 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   キョウ
Kun
   かがみ mirror
On    ケイ
Name    あき   かが   かがん
⿰   gold   finally  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鏡 is used 4 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 鏡 is used 133 times, read 2 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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キョウ : 110 words FIND ALL
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noun
telescope
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かがみ : 22 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. mirror; looking-glass
2. barrel head
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
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noun
1. spectacles; glasses
2. judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight  (this meaning is restricted to reading めがね)
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An additional 境 less common words include 鏡 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 486 (originally: 462)  Joy o' Kanji : 462  Key to Kanji: 219 

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キョウ   かがみ mirror   
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finally
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legs
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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