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Mythic Mandarin

鉴于 (jiàn yú): meaning and stroke order

鉴于 (jiàn yú) means in view of, seeing that, considering, whereas.

鉴于

Simplified
鉴于
Traditional
鑒於
Pinyin
jiàn yú

Stroke order of 鉴于

鉴

  • jiàn variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]
  • jiàn old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4]
  • jiàn bronze mirror (used in ancient times); to reflect
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 鋻

Stroke by stroke

于

  • Yú surname Yu
  • yú to go; to take
  • yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for
  • 3 strokes
  • Traditional form: 於

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 鉴于

  1. jiàn yú Traditional 鑒於
    • in view of
    • seeing that
    • considering
    • whereas

Radicals of the characters

鉴
Radical 金 (Kangxi radical 167) · 13 strokes
于
Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 3 strokes · 一 on top, 𬺰 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Where you learn it

鉴于 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 7–9 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).