鑑 = 金 + 監

鑑 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “mirror”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 監 (supervise).

Keyword: mirror
Pinyin (Mandarin): jiàn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: mirror, looking glass, выглядящее стекло, зеркало, looking glass
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 鑑 specimen

Decomposition

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金 gold
監 supervise

How to find 鑑 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “supervise”. 鑑 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 鑑 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.