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鉴

bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize

13 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,581 U+9274

How 鉴 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

metal

components: 金 ? unknown part

How to remember it

probe · Heisig RSH #2497

bullfighter + 金 gold

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 鉴

WordPinyinMeaning
国家文物鉴定委员会 Guó jiā Wén wù Jiàn dìng Wěi yuán huì National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage
前车之覆,后车之鉴 qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesso…
后车之鉴 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; …
德法年鉴 Dé Fǎ Nián jiàn Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical…
前车之鉴 qián chē zhī jiàn (lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); (fig.) lesson learned from …
前车之鉴 qián chē zhī jiàn variant of 前車之鑑|前车之鉴[qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4]
油光可鉴 yóu guāng kě jiàn lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom); lustrous
亲子鉴定 qīn zǐ jiàn dìng paternity or maternity test
资治通鉴 Zī zhì Tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chrono…
以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn to learn from history (idiom)
引以为鉴 yǐn yǐ wéi jiàn to take a lesson from (an adverse experience)
鉴黄师 jiàn huáng shī content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline)
有鉴于此 yǒu jiàn yú cǐ in view of this; to this end
鉴往知来 jiàn wǎng zhī lái to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); study…
鉴定 jiàn dìng to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate…
鉴黄 jiàn huáng to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
年鉴 nián jiàn annual report; yearbook; almanac
鉴真和尚 Jiàn zhēn hé shang Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuc…
图鉴 tú jiàn illustrated handbook
图鉴 tú jiàn variant of 圖鑑|图鉴[tu2 jian4]