Mirror - Kan

Japanese: 鑑(鏡) - かん
Mirror - Kan

…Metal mirrors, namely bronze mirrors, were invented early in Egypt and gradually spread throughout the world, becoming popular in China around the late Zhou Dynasty (5th to 3rd century B.C.). Prior to that, they were mirrors filled with water, known as water mirrors. The pictograph of an eye peering into a plate clearly shows the original meaning of the word mirror. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "mirror" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…金属,すなわち青銅の鏡はエジプトに早く発明されて,だんだん世界中にひろがり,中国でも晩周(前5~前3世紀)ころから流行した。それ以前は水をいれた鑑(かん)であって,水鏡であった。皿の上に目がのぞきこんだ象形は鑑の原義を端的に示すものである。…

※「鑑(鏡)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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