鉴

jiàn

j+iàn·4th tone

bronze mirror (used in ancient times)

Radical: 金 Strokes: 13

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

金釜銮錾鍪鋈鏖鏊鑫鎏鐾銎

Same radical

金釜銮錾鍪鋈鏖鏊鑫鎏鐾銎

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Character Decomposition

Etymology

metal

Meanings

bronze mirror (used in ancient times)

to reflect

to mirror

sth that serves as a warning or a lesson

to examine

to scrutinize

jiàn

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Words with 鉴 155 total

to examine deeply · to inspect closely洞鉴dòng jiàn to draw on (others' experience) · to learn from (how others do things) · lesson to be learned (by observing others)借鉴jiè jiàn annual report · yearbook · almanac年鉴nián jiàn to appreciate (a work of art)赏鉴shǎng jiàn to judge · to examine · to evaluate品鉴pǐn jiàn

Idioms with 鉴 24 total Chain

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鉴往知来jiàn wǎng zhī lái

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