鑒

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

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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/鍳
simp. 鉴
nonstandard simp. 𰾫

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (監) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
藍 *ɡ·raːm
襤 *ɡ·raːm
籃 *ɡ·raːm
懢 *ɡ·raːm, *ɡ·raːms
儖 *ɡ·raːm
蘫 *ɡ·raːm, *qʰlaːms
攬 *ɡ·raːmʔ
欖 *ɡ·raːmʔ
覽 *ɡ·raːmʔ
爁 *ɡ·raːmʔ, *ɡ·raːms, *ɡ·rams
擥 *ɡ·raːmʔ
灠 *ɡ·raːmʔ
濫 *ɡ·raːms, *ɡraːmʔ
嚂 *ɡ·raːms, *kʰlaːms, *qʰlaːmʔ
纜 *ɡ·raːms
監 *kraːm, *kraːms
礛 *kraːm
鑑 *kraːm, *kraːms, *kraːms
艦 *ɡraːmʔ
檻 *ɡraːmʔ, *ɡraːms
壏 *ɡraːmʔ
轞 *ɡraːmʔ
鹽 *ɡ·lam, *ɡ·lams

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : 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
Baxter ken kaemH
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/
Bernhard
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)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

鑒

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Definitions

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

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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