鉴真

鑒真

Jiànzhēn

proper noun

Meanings

1 Jianzhen (688–763), Tang Buddhist monk who carried Buddhism and Chinese culture to Japan

Characters

mirror; to reflect

Examples

HSK 6

鉴真六次东渡日本，最后一次才成功，那时他的眼睛已经看不见了。

Jiànzhēn liù cì dōngdù Rìběn, zuìhòu yí cì cái chénggōng, nàshí tā de yǎnjing yǐjīng kànbujiàn le.

Jianzhen set out for Japan six times and only made it on the last attempt, by which time he had gone blind.

HSK 7-9

鉴真是唐代的高僧。

Jiànzhēn shì Tángdài de gāosēng.

Jianzhen was an eminent monk of the Tang dynasty.

Tips

culture

In Japan he is 鑑真 (Ganjin). He founded the temple 唐招提寺 in Nara, which still keeps a dry-lacquer statue of him, and his home temple in China is 大明寺 in 扬州.

Stroke Order

鉴 jiàn

真 zhēn