殷鑑遠からず (いんかんとーからず) — lessons from history are not far to seek | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

lessons from history are not far to seek

Practice Writing

Character: 1/6

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

殷鑑遠からず

lessons from history are not far to seek

いんかんとおからず

殷

さかん, イン, アン

㐆

to follow, to trust to, to put confidence in...

殳

pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)

また, ほこ, シュ

几

table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)

きにょう, キ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

又

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

また, また-, ユウ

鑑

specimen, take warning from, learn from

かんが.みる, かがみ, カン

金

かね, かな-, キン

監

oversee, official, govt office...

臣

( CDP-8CC9 ) retainer, subject

臣

retainer, subject

⺌

( CDP-8C74 )

𠂉

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

皿

dish, a helping, plate

遠

とお.い, エン, オン

辶

walk, walking, road radical variant (no. 162)

袁

十

とお, と, ジュウ

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

𧘇

口

くち, コウ, ク

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