"八咫鏡" meaning in Japanese

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Proper name

IPA: [ja̠ta̠ no̞ ka̠ɡa̠mʲi] Forms: 八咫鏡 [canonical] (ruby: 八咫鏡(やたのかがみ)), Yata no Kagami [romanization]
Etymology: Phrase consisting of 八 (ya, “eight”) + 咫 (ata, an ancient unit of circumference) + の (no, possessive particle) + 鏡 (kagami, “mirror”). The name is a description of the mirror's size. A circle with a diameter of one 尺 (shaku, ancient foot, unit of length) would have a circumference of four ata. A circumference of eight ata would thus mean a mirror with a diameter of two shaku. The shaku at that time was roughly 23 centimeters, so the mirror would have been roughly 46 centimeters across. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|八|咫|の|鏡|pos2=an ancient unit of circumference|pos3=possessive particle|sort=やたのかがみ|t1=eight|t4=mirror|tr1=ya|tr2=ata|tr3=no|tr4=kagami}} 八 (ya, “eight”) + 咫 (ata, an ancient unit of circumference) + の (no, possessive particle) + 鏡 (kagami, “mirror”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|^やた の ^かがみ}} 八咫鏡(やたのかがみ) • (Yata no Kagami)
  1. the "Eight-Hand Mirror", one of the three sacred treasures comprising the Imperial Regalia of Japan Wikipedia link: Yata no Kagami, ja:八咫鏡 Related terms: 草薙剣 (Kusanagi no Tsurugi) (ruby: (くさ), (なぎの), (つるぎ)), 八尺瓊勾玉 (Yasakani no Magatama) (ruby: (), (さか), (にの), (まが), (たま))
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