鑒

See also: 鉴
鑒 U+9452, 鑒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9452
← 鑑
[U+9451]
CJK Unified Ideographs 鑓 →
[U+9453]

Translingual

Traditional 鑒
Shinjitai 鑑
Simplified 鉴

Han character

鑒 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸田金 (SWC) or 金尸一廿 (CSMT), four-corner 78109, composition ⿱𰯲金)

Derived characters

  • 𨰹(𰿀) 𫭀

References

  • KangXi: page 1325, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40989
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1826, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4267, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+9452

Chinese

trad. 鑒/鑑
simp. 鉴
alternative forms 鍳/鉴

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 監 (OC *kraːm, *kraːms).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 鑒 鑒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 銜 (149)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) IV II
Fanqie 古賢切 格懺切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ken/ /kˠamH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ken/ /kᵚamH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kɛn/ /kamH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɛn/ /kaɨmH/
Li
Rong
/ken/ /kamH/
Wang
Li
/kien/ /kamH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kien/ /kamH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiān jiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gin1 gaam3

Definitions

鑒

  1. (bronze) mirror
  2. to inspect; to examine
  3. to reflect; to mirror
  4. to evaluate; to assess
  5. perceptiveness; vigilance
  6. reflection
  7. lesson; example; warning
  8. (historical) large reflective basin for holding water or ice

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (鑒):
  • → Japanese: 鑑(かん) (kan)
  • → Classical Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli) (semantic loan)
    • Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠯᠢ (toli) / толь (tolʹ)
    • → Buryat: толи (toli) (semantic loan)
    • → Khamnigan Mongol: толи (toli) (semantic loan)
    • → Written Oirat: ᡐᡆᠯᡅ (toli) (semantic loan)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鑒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 鑒 – see the following entry.
【鑑かがみ】S
[noun] an example, exemplar, model, pattern
[proper noun] a surname
【鑑かん】S
[noun] a kind of ancient Chinese bronzeware
[noun] an example, exemplar, model, pattern
[affix] example, exemplar
[affix] model, pattern
[affix] inspect, examine
[affix] evaluate
(This term, 鑒, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Korean

Hanja

鑒 (eumhun 거울 감 (geoul gam))

  1. Alternative form of 鑑 (“Hanja form? of 감 (“mirror; inspection”).”)

References

Vietnamese

Han character

鑒: Hán Nôm readings: giám, gương

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