Mirror in Chinese (Mandarin): 镜子 (jìngzi)
镜子
jìngzi
mirror
- Simplified
- 镜子
- Traditional
- 鏡子
- Pinyin
- jìngzi
- Typed as
- jingzi
Use it in a sentence
我在镜子里看自己。
我在鏡子裡看自己。
I look at myself in the mirror.
The characters in 镜子
镜 / 鏡
Mirror. 钅 (metal) is on the left, from the days of bronze mirrors.
16 strokes
子
A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.
3 strokes
Looking in the mirror is 照镜子 (zhào jìngzi).
More examples with 镜子
镜子里的我在笑。
鏡子裡的我在笑。
Jìngzi li de wǒ zài xiào.
The me in the mirror is smiling.
妹妹在照镜子。
妹妹在照鏡子。
Mèimei zài zhào jìngzi.
My little sister is looking in the mirror.
How to write 镜子 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
镜 16 strokes
子 3 strokes
In Traditional characters:
鏡 19 strokes
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