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鑑 = 金 + 監
鑑 is a Japanese kanji written with 23 strokes, listed here under the keyword “specimen”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 監 (oversee). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1564.
- Keyword
- specimen
- RTK frame
- 1564
- Strokes
- 23
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- カン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かんが.みる, かがみ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- образец
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鑑 mirror
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鑑 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “oversee”. 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.