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RTK / HeisigFrame #522

鏡

mirror

Lv 13

Strokes: 19

JLPT: N1

Jƍyƍ: Grade 4

Meanings

mirror RTK

Community Mnemonic

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Mirror should suggest vanity. Imagine a spoiled girl who gets her parents to buy her a Golden mirror so she can stand in front of it all day vainly admiring her lovely human legs.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

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