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鑒

鑒

See also: 鉴

Translingual

Traditional	鑒
Shinjitai	鑑
Simplified	鉴

Han character

鑒 (radical 167 金+14, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸田金 (SWC), four-corner 7810₉)

mirror, looking glass
reflect

References

KangXi: page 1325, character 11

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40989

Dae Jaweon: page 1826, character 6

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4267, character 7

Unihan data for U+9452

Chinese

trad.		鑒
simp.		鉴
alt. forms		鍳鑑／鉴

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jiàn (jian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˋ
  - Wade-Giles: chien⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiann
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaam³
  - Yale: gaam
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaam³
  - IPA ^(key): /kɑːm³³/

Middle Chinese: /ken/, /kˠam^H/▼

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/	/kˠam^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ken/	/kᵚam^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛn/	/kam^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛn/	/kaɨm^H/
Li Rong	/ken/	/kam^H/
Wang Li	/kien/	/kam^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/kien/	/kam^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān	jiàn

Definitions

鑒

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Japanese

Kanji

鑒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On: かん (kan)

Kun: かがみ (kagami), かんがみる (kangamiru)

Korean

Hanja

鑒 • ‎(gam) (hangeul 감, revised gam, McCune-Reischauer kam, Yale kam)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鑒 (giám, gương)

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