TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
鏡
ㄐㄧㄥˋ · jìng
noun — a mirror; (by extension) a lens, glasses
字源 FORM — what the parts do
竟聲jìng — gives the soundsound (音) finishing at a standing figure (儿) — to the end, the whole through
A metal (金) — the old mirror was polished bronze — and 竟 jìng for the sound. The bright bronze that throws your image back: a mirror, 鏡子、銅鏡. Any glass that reflects or bends light: 眼鏡、顯微鏡. The same 竟 sounds out 境、競.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一塊磨得發亮的青銅（金），人一站到竟（竟）頭——影子就在裡面——鏡。
A slab of bronze (金) polished bright; stand before it to the end (竟), and your image is already there — that is 鏡.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)銅鏡— a bronze mirror
→鏡子— a mirror常用
⇒眼鏡、顯微鏡— glasses; a lens (microscope)常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
竟jìngthe phonetic without the metal — 竟 is sound reaching its end; 鏡 adds for the bronze鑑jiànthe older mirror-word — 鑑 sets 監 (looking into water) on ; 鏡 sets