鉴 jiàn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 金 — gold, metal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
鉴别
jiànbié
to distinguish; to appraise; to identify
Characters in this word
别 bié
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 另 another 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家实验室能够鉴别样本中的微量污染物，并追踪其来源。 Zhè jiā shíyànshì nénggòu jiànbié yàngběn zhōng de wēiliàng wūrǎnwù, bìng zhuīzōng qí láiyuán. This laboratory can identify trace pollutants in samples and trace their sources.
- 专家一眼就能鉴别这幅画的真假。 Zhuānjiā yì yǎn jiù néng jiànbié zhè fú huà de zhēnjiǎ. An expert can tell at a glance whether this painting is genuine or fake.
- 孩子还不会鉴别网上哪些信息是真的。 Háizi hái bú huì jiànbié wǎng shàng nǎxiē xìnxī shì zhēn de. Children cannot yet tell which information online is true.
Related words
- 鉴定 jiàndìng to appraise, to identify; appraisal
- 借鉴 jièjiàn to draw lessons from
- 鉴赏 jiànshǎng to appreciate; to appraise
- 鉴于 jiànyú in view of; considering that
- 别 bié don't; other
- 别的 biéde other, else
- 别人 biérén other people, others
- 特别 tèbié especially; very
- 分别 fēnbié separately; to part
- 告别 gàobié to say goodbye
- 区别 qūbié difference
- 性别 xìngbié gender