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鑑 jiàn

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鑑 jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
mirror, looking glass; to reflect

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Number of strokes

22

Traditional form

鑑 jiàn

Contains the radical

釒 jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of 鑑 jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰釒監

Semantic compound

釒 jīn

Phonetic compound

監 jiān

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Words with 鑑 jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鉴定 jiàndìng to appraise鑑定
鉴于 jiànyú in view of鑒於
借鉴 jièjiàn to draw on (others' experience)借鑒
鉴 jiàn example鑑 jiàn
鉴别 jiànbié to differentiate鑑別
年鉴 nián jiàn yearbook年鑑
有鉴于此 yǒu jiàn yú cǐ in view of this有鑒於此
鉴赏 jiàn shǎng to appreciate鑑賞
前车之鉴 qián chē zhī jiàn to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)前車之鑒
亲子鉴定 qīn zǐ jiàn dìng paternity or maternity test親子鑒定
印鉴 yìn jiàn stamp印鑒
鉴赏家 jiàn shǎng jiā connoisseur鑒賞家
品鉴 pǐn jiàn to judge品鑒
资治通鉴 Zī zhì Tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光 Sī mǎ Guāng [Sī​mǎ​Guāng] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls資治通鑒
鉴真 Jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism鑒真
图鉴 tú jiàn illustrated handbook圖鑒
评鉴 píng jiàn evaluation評鑒
赏鉴 shǎng jiàn to appreciate (a work of art)賞鑒
油光可鉴 yóu guāng kě jiàn lustrous油光可鑒
鉴往知来 jiàn wǎng zhī lái to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); studying ancient wisdom gives insight into what is to come鑒往知來
洞鉴 dòng jiàn to examine deeply洞鑒

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