镜
鏡jìng
#1,249 most
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mirror, lens
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
镜 has 钅, metal, as its meaning part and 竟 jìng as the sound part, a perfect match. It first meant a mirror, since old mirrors were made of polished metal. From there it grew to mean a lens.
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