鸞らん鏡きょう

noun

mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back

Historical artifact term; refers to a mirror decorated with a 鸞 (luán) bird motif. Rare and specialized, encountered mainly in art history or antiquarian contexts.

See also: 鸞鳥

• この鸞らん鏡きょうは唐とう代だいのものと伝つたえられている。

  This mirror with a luán bird carving is said to be from the Tang dynasty.

noun

9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)

Only with reading らんけい

Used in the context of traditional Japanese gagaku music theory; corresponds to the 9th note of the twelve-tone scale (十二律). Reading is restricted to らんけい.

See also: 夷則 · 十二律

• 十じゅう二に律りつの第だい九く音おんは鸞らん鏡けいと呼よばれる。

  The ninth note of the twelve-tone scale is called rankei.