眼鏡

Noun

 * 1) glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles

Etymology 1


Probably originally a compound of. The spelling is based on an apparent borrowing from 🇨🇬, see the gankyō reading below.

Appears in texts from the late 1500s.

Noun

 * 1) glasses, eyeglasses

Etymology 2
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Probably a borrowing from written. Eyeglasses are first mentioned in Chinese in the 1400s as, a transcription of an 🇨🇬 term. By the late, eyeglasses appear in writing as , using the compound term. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading gán-kiàⁿ.

This reading appears in texts from the 1920s.

Noun

 * 1)  glasses, eyeglasses

Usage notes
This reading was mostly used by the military. The standalone term gankyō may be somewhat archaic now.

Note that there are compounds that end in that appear to be derived from this term. However, Japanese sources parse these as deriving from other terms ending in that are then suffixed with.

Etymology 1
Cognate with mainland 🇨🇬, ultimately deriving from written. Eyeglasses are first mentioned in Chinese in the 1400s as, a transcription of an 🇨🇬 term. By the late, eyeglasses appear in writing as , using the compound term. Compare modern 🇨🇬 reading gán-kiàⁿ.

Pronunciation

 * が ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) eyeglasses

Etymology 2
Compound of 🇰🇲.

Pronunciation

 * み ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) eyeglasses