EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 34
  1. Noun

    glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

    Usually written using kana alone

    私はメガネがなくては読めない。
    I cannot read without glasses.
  2. judgment; judgement; discrimination; discernment; insight

    see 眼鏡にかなう

  3. four-eyes

    Usually written using kana aloneDerogatory

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

eyeball

Kun
まなこ
On
ガンゲン
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1527 of 2500
Radical
eye
WaniKani
Level 32

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-5-6SKIP code
5c6.1The Kanji Dictionary
6703.2Four corner code
3965deroo
773cUnicode hex code
1-20-67JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3140Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3935New Nelson (John Haig)
1172New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1504Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
796Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1084Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1467Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1577Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1127A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1637Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
674Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
23318Morohashi
640A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
848Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
867Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
754sakade
1561Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
669henshall3
725Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
976Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1387Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1479Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan3Pinyin reading
anKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
32WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering

Kun
かがみ
On
キョウケイ
Strokes
19
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1506 of 2500
Radical
gold
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Used in names as

あきかがかがん

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-8-11SKIP code
8a11.6The Kanji Dictionary
8011.6Four corner code
2857deroo
93e1Unicode hex code
1-22-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4912Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6341New Nelson (John Haig)
1766New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2219Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1157Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1576Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
483Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
522Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1358A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2817Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
647Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
40812Morohashi
462A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
863Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
882Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
378sakade
1858Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
486henshall3
638Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1034Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1834Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
494Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jing4Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level