Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "鉴", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "鉴", and master the standard way of writing the character "鉴".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 鉴
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "鉴" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
example / mirror / to view / reflection / to reflect / to inspect / to warn / (ancient bronze mirror)
鉴
jiàn
1. 镜子。
[En.] Mirror.
2. 照。
[En.] Reflect: Light can reflect people.
3. 观察,审察。
[En.] Observe, scrutinize: Scrutinize others. Determine carefully. Appreciate. Notice (to see, to perceive). "Tai Jian" (a formal expression in letters, indicating to direct someone to look at the letter; also written as "Hui Jian" or "Jun Jian"). "Jian Wang Zhi Lai" (to know the past and foresee the future).
4. 可以使人警惕或引为教训的事情。
[En.] A matter that can alert or serve as a lesson: Borrow for reflection. Cautionary example. The overturned cart of the previous vehicle serves as a warning for the subsequent vehicles.
明察,审查
(动)
1. 明察,审查。
[En.] Scrutinize.
2. 照看。
[En.] Reflect: To look over someone.
3. 旧时书信套语,表示请对方看信。
[En.] May I draw your attention to the following.
4. 借鉴,鉴戒。
[En.] Warn.
A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls