鑑 jiàn
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jiàn
noun
a mirror; a bronze mirror
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A variant of 鉴; may also apply to a a water mirror (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' n 1; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 1, p. 200; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116; Unihan '鑑'; XHZD '鉴' 1, p. 333) -
jiàn
verb
to reflect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' v 1; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 2, p. 200; Unihan '鑑'; XHZD '鉴' 2, p. 333) -
jiàn
verb
to radiate light
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '鑑' 2b, p. 200) -
jiàn
noun
the ability to observe; discernment
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 2; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 3, p. 200) -
jiàn
noun
vigilance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 3) -
jiàn
noun
evidence of conduct; example
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 4; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116) -
jiàn
proper noun
Jian
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '鑑' n 5) -
jiàn
verb
to investigate; to inspect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 审察 (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' v 2; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116; XHZD '鉴' 3, p. 333) -
jiàn
verb
to warn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 戒勉 (CC-CEDICT '鑑'; Guoyu '鑑' v 3; Kroll 2015 '鑑' 2a, p. 200; Mathews 1931 '鑑', p. 116)
Contained in
- 冰鑑 ice mirror
- 殷鑑 drawing a lesson from the downfall of the dynasty previous to the Yin
- 鑑戒 to be alert to events of the past
- 鑑定 to appraise; to identify; to give an expert opinion
- 大风鑑(大風鑑) a fortune teller
- 借鑑 borrowing the words and actions of someone else as a model
- 风鑑(風鑑) facial features
- 评鑑(評鑑) commentary and appraisal
- 龟鑑(龜鑑) careful introspection
Also contained in
资治通鑑 、 风月宝鑑 、 通鑑 、 颢鑑 、 品花宝鑑 、 通鑑纲目 、 巴陵颢鑑
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 38
- 卷一百八十六 列傳第七十三: 張楨 歸暘 陳祖仁 成遵 曹鑑 張翥 Volume 186 Biographies 73: Zhang Zhen, Gui Yang, Chen Zuren, Cheng Zun, Cao Jian, Zhang Zhu History of Yuan 元史 — count: 16
- 卷一百十一 表第十二 七卿年表一 Volume 111 Tables 12: Annals of the Seven Ministers 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 14
- Scroll 8 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 8
- 卷十 經下 Book 10 - Canon II Mozi 墨子 — count: 6
- 卷二百十四 表第五 宰輔五 Volume 214 Tables 5: Chancellors 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
- 卷一百十二 表第十三 七卿年表二 Volume 112 Tables 13: Annals of the Seven Ministers 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
- 卷二十 志第十 樂二 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Music 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 5
- 卷九十五 列傳第三十三: 移剌履 張萬公 蒲察通 粘割斡特剌 程輝 劉瑋 董師中 王蔚 馬惠迪 馬琪 楊伯通 尼厖古鑑 Volume 95 Biographies 33: Yi Lalu, Zhang Wangong, Pu Chatong, Zhangewotela, Cheng Hui, Liu Wei, Dong Shizhong, Wang Yu, Ma Huidi, Ma Qi, Yang Botong, Nipanggujian History of Jin 金史 — count: 4
- 卷七十一 列傳第二十一: 魏徵 Volume 71 Biographies 21: Wei Zheng Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 4
Collocations
- 章鑑 (章鑑) 章鑑爲右丞相 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四十七 本紀第四十七 瀛國公 益王 衞王 Volume 47 Annals 47: Ying Guogong, Yiwang, Weiwang — count: 7
- 鑑诫 (鑑誡) 古今以為鑑誡 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong — count: 6
- 王鑑 (王鑑) 悛仍代始興王鑑爲持節 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷三十七 列傳第十八 到撝 劉悛 虞悰 胡諧之 Volume 37 Biographies 18: Dao Hui, Liu Quan, Yu Cong, Hu Xiezhi — count: 4
- 以为鑑 (以為鑑) 古今以為鑑誡 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十八 魏書二十八 王毌丘諸葛鄧鍾傳 Volume 28: Book of Wei 28 - Biographies of Wang, Guanqiu, Zhuge, Deng and Zhong — count: 4
- 古鑑 (古鑑) 以知大興府事尼厖古鑑為宋弔祭使 — History of Jin 金史, 卷六十二 表第四: 交聘表下 Volume 62 Tables 4: Communication between States 3 — count: 4
- 明鑑 (明鑑) 靈祇明鑑 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷八 魏書八 二公孫陶四張傳 Volume 8: Book of Wei 8 - Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs — count: 3
- 聪鑑 (聰鑑) 聰鑑玄發 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷二十二 志第十二 樂四 Volume 22 Treatises 12: Music 4 — count: 3
- 鑑罢 (鑑罷) 始興王鑑罷益州 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷四十 列傳第二十一 武十七王 Volume 40 Biographies 21: Emperor Wu's Seventeen Princes — count: 2
- 鑑团 (鑑團) 說在使鑑團景 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經下 Book 10 - Canon II — count: 2
- 临鑑 (臨鑑) 二臨鑑而立景 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經下 Book 10 - Canon II — count: 2