Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 監 represents the sound.
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欽 think highly of (trad)釗 endeavor (trad)釣 angle (trad/jp)釦 clasp (trad)釧 bracelet (trad)釩 vanadium (trad)釵 ornamental (trad)釺 tool for boring holes (trad)鈀 palladium (trad)鈄 Wine A Wine Flagon (trad)鈆 lead (archaic) (trad)鈉 sodium (trad)鈍 obtuse (trad/jp)鈎 barb (trad)鈔 paper money (trad)鈕 push button (trad)鈞 30 catties (trad)鈣 calcium (trad)鈦 titanium (trad)鈬 bell (iii)
Historical Evolution
鑑
Seal
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
鑑
Seal
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
鑑
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鑑
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
鑑
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
鑑
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
鑑
Regular
Modern
Japanese
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
鑑 あきら
Akira given name
鑑 かがみ
Kagami surname
鑑 かん
Kan surname
鑑 みる
Miru female given name
CHINESE WORDS (10)
鉴定 [jiàndìng] #5,363
to appraise
鉴别 [jiànbié] #12,344
to differentiate
年鉴 [niánjiàn] #9,504
annual report
鉴赏 [jiànshǎng] #33,230
to appreciate (as a connoisseur)
鉴价 [jiànjià]
to appraise
鉴证 [jiànzhèng]
appraisal
鉴识 [jiànshí]
to identify
鉴黄 [jiànhuáng]
to inspect videos and other media for pornographic content
鉴黄师 [jiànhuángshī]
content moderator specializing in pornographic material (both online and offline)
龙龛手鉴 [LóngkānShǒujiàn]
Longkan Shoujian, Chinese character dictionary from 997 AD containing 26,430 entries, with radicals placed into 240 rhyme groups and arranged according to the four tones, and the rest of the characters similarly arranged under each radical
JAPANESE WORDS (68)
鑑 [かがみ] #1,927
model
⭐ 鑑定 [かんてい] #8,457
judgement
⭐ 鑑賞 [かんしょう] #11,046
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
鑑みる [かんがみる] #15,283
to take into account
⭐ 図鑑 [ずかん] #17,852
pictorial book
鑑識 [かんしき] #20,982
judgement
土地勘 [とちかん] #28,438
familiarity with the land
⭐ 監査 [かんさ] #30,917
inspection
⭐ 印鑑 [いんかん] #32,429
stamp
ＤＮＡ鑑定 [ディーエヌエーかんてい] #41,828
DNA test
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