鉴
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bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect; to mirror; sth that serves as a warning or a lesson; to examine; to scrutinize
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 金 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 鑒
- Common rank
- #1,581
- Unicode
- U+9274
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
probe · Heisig RSH #2497
bullfighter + 金 gold
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 鉴
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家文物鉴定委员会 | National Commission for the Identification of Cultural Heritage | |
| 前车之覆，后车之鉴 | lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesso… | |
| 后车之鉴 | lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; … | |
| 德法年鉴 | Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher (published once in 1844 by Karl Marx and bourgeois radical… | |
| 前车之鉴 | (lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); (fig.) lesson learned from … | |
| 前车之鉴 | variant of 前車之鑑|前车之鉴[qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4] | |
| 油光可鉴 | lit. oily and shiny to the point of reflecting (idiom); lustrous | |
| 亲子鉴定 | paternity or maternity test | |
| 资治通鉴 | A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chrono… | |
| 以史为鉴 | to learn from history (idiom) | |
| 引以为鉴 | to take a lesson from (an adverse experience) | |
| 鉴黄师 | content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline) | |
| 有鉴于此 | in view of this; to this end | |
| 鉴往知来 | to observe the past to foresee the future (idiom, taken loosely from Book of Songs); study… | |
| 鉴定 | to examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate… | |
| 鉴黄 | to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content | |
| 年鉴 | annual report; yearbook; almanac | |
| 鉴真和尚 | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuc… | |
| 图鉴 | illustrated handbook | |
| 图鉴 | variant of 圖鑑|图鉴[tu2 jian4] |