漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鑑: specimen, take warning from
Also: learn from
JLPT N123 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 監 gives the sound
23 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 鑑定かんていjudgement; judgment; expert opinion
- 鑑賞かんしょう
- 印鑑いんかん
- 図鑑ずかんpictorial book; picture book
- 年鑑ねんかんyearbook; almanac; annual
- 名鑑めいかんdirectory; list
Also read かんがみる, かがみ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)金 metal (meaning) + 監 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 鑑 (rev. 92163107), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Gold/metal (金) + observe (監). Originally referred to a polished "metal" bowl filled with water used as a "mirror" to observe oneself and discern the clear truth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
監
Also built on oversee (監)
鑑 takes the 監 family's reading, カン (kan).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side鑑 specimen · 金
vs艦 warship · 舟In ChineseSimplified 鉴 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiàn
Japan keeps the traditional form 鑑; mainland China simplifies it to 鉴.
- Simplified
- 鉴 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鑑 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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