鑑
jiàn

mirror

鉴 (鑑) jiàn
examine verb
to examine or scrutinize carefully

这件古玩的真伪，请行家一鉴便知。

zhè jiàn gǔ​wán de zhēn​wěi, qǐng háng​jiā yī jiàn biàn zhī.

An expert can tell the authenticity of this antique at a glance.

mirror verb
a bronze mirror used in ancient times

古人常以青铜为鉴。

gǔ​rén cháng yǐ qīng​tóng wéi jiàn.

Ancient people often used bronze as a mirror.

lesson punctuation
something that serves as a warning or a lesson

我们应该引以为鉴，避免犯同样的错误。

wǒ​men yīng​gāi yǐn​yǐ​wéi​jiàn, bì​miǎn fàn tóng​yàng de cuò​wù.

We should take this as a lesson to avoid making the same mistake.

reflect expression
to reflect or mirror an image

地上的积水清澈见底，光可鉴人。

dì​shang de jī​shuǐ qīng​chè jiàn​dǐ, guāng​kě​jiàn​rén.

The puddle on the ground was crystal clear and reflective enough to see oneself.

Frequency
Character
Written text
6,989th most common 0.062 per million
Word
Movie subtitles
4.26 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
6.15 per million

Details
Simplified
𰾫
Strokes
22
Unicode
U+9451

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingBCC Corpus (BLCU)