Kanji N1

鑑: specimen, take warning from, learn from

鑑 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning specimen, take warning from, learn from, written with 23 strokes. It is read カン (on) and かんがみる, かがみ (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 鑑賞 (かんしょう, appreciation) and 印鑑 (いんかん, stamp).

鑑

Meanings

  • specimen
  • take warning from
  • learn from
Strokes23
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1391 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • カン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かんがみる
  • かがみ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

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Now draw it

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Common words with 鑑

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 鑑賞かんしょう

    appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

    JLPT N2
  • 印鑑いんかん

    stamp; seal

    JLPT N1
  • 図鑑ずかん

    pictorial book; picture book

    JLPT N2
  • 年鑑ねんかん

    yearbook; almanac; annual

    JLPT N1
  • 鑑定かんてい

    judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal

  • 鑑別かんべつ

    discrimination; judgement; judgment; separation

  • 名鑑めいかん

    directory; list

  • 鑑識かんしき

    judgement; judgment; discernment; discrimination

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.