鑒 (gaam3 | jian4) : kindly read this letter; variant of 鑑

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鑒

gaam3

jian4

[1] [v] (kindly) read this letter (used in opening phrase)
[2] [v/n] variant of 鑑

鉴 is the simplified form for both 鑒 and 鑑.

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 22

Level: 4

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鑒 / 鉴

This word has been viewed 2593 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th May 2014 10:48

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鑒別 gaam3 bit6 jian4 bie2 = to differentiate; to distinguish

鑒定 gaam3 ding6 jian4 ding4 = to appraise; to identify; to evaluate

鑒於 gaam3 jyu1 jian4 yu2 = in view of; since; in the light of

鑒定委員會 gaam3 ding6 wai2 jyun4 wui6*2 jian4 ding4 wei3 yuan2 hui4 = evaluation committee; review board

後車之鑒 hau6 ce1 zi1 gaam3 hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4 = to learn from a past mistake

可資借鑒 ho2 zi1 ze3 gaam3 ke3 zi1 jie4 jian4 = can serve as a object lesson; a lesson can be drawn from...

可資殷鑒 ho2 zi1 jan1 gaam3 ke3 zi1 yan1 jian4 = someone else's failure or setback from which one can draw a lesson

台鑒 toi4 gaam3 tai2 jian4 = please read my letter

鑒識 gaam3 sik1 jian4 shi2 = Forensics 國

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 鑒
Unicode code for this character: U+9452 (off-site link)

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