镜 jìng
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 钅 — gold, metal
- Made of
- 钅 gold, metal 竟 finally, after all, at last
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
镜子
jìngzi
mirror
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 镜子在桌上。 Jìngzi zài zhuō shàng. The mirror is on the table.
- 我照镜子。 Wǒ zhào jìngzi. I look in the mirror.
- 这面镜子很大。 Zhè miàn jìngzi hěn dà. This mirror is very big.