Word Meaning 花鏡

かきょう kakyou

花鏡 is read as かきょう (kakyou) and means Mirror Held to the Flower (1424 treatise on noh theater, written by Zeami).

Meaning

English

  1. Mirror Held to the Flower (1424 treatise on noh theater, written by Zeami)
  2. Kakyō

Reading

Kana

かきょう

Romaji

kakyou

Writing Variants

  • 花鏡 はなのかがみ hananokagami

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 118716 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鏡花水月

きょうかすいげつ

flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface

落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず

らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず

fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine

花弁

かべん

(flower) petal

花嫁

はなよめ

bride

花壇

かだん

flower bed

花婿

はなむこ

bridegroom

花柳界

かりゅうかい

red-light district

花盛り

はなざかり

booming or peaking (in popularity)

花柳

かりゅう

red-light district

花粉症

かふんしょう

hay fever

花器

かき

flower vase

花結び

はなむすび

rosette