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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
jiàn - variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]
jiàn - old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]
jiàn - bronze mirror (used in ancient times)
- to reflect
- to mirror
- sth that serves as a warning or a lesson
- to examine
- to scrutinize
jiàn - variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,246 12,188 12,526

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱?

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Semantic:

Hint:

Metal

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
鉴于 6 7 4,855 5,462 8,914
鉴定 6 6 5,363 3,032 5,141
- - 9,246 12,188 12,526
年鉴 - - 9,504 26,293 43,437
鉴别 6 8 12,344 8,475 19,171
有鉴于此 - - 12,584 - -
借鉴 6 6 24,862 5,091 9,629
前车之鉴 - - 29,993 34,917 34,963
鉴赏 - 9 33,230 18,554 15,570
鉴赏家 - - 41,228 86,358 75,750
图鉴 - - 49,161 - -
印鉴 - - 60,153 47,405 98,819
以史为鉴 - - 76,166 - -