Chinese Character 鑒 Meanings and components.

Form

鑒

Meaning

鑒 meaning[3] in English

Variant Of 鑑|鉴[Jian4].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鑒 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to supervise (監) , and surname Jin (金)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with SWC

How to write 鑒

To write鑒jian4variant of … you should write a combination of 監jian1to supervise , 金jin1surname Jin arranged in a 吕 shape:

監 + 金 = 鑒

鑒 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鑒 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鑒, looks as follow:

鑒
Pinyin:jian4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 鑑|鉴[Jian4]
監
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
亽
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 亼[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
*
Pinyin:*
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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