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Chinese symbol for “evaluation”

评鉴
píng jiàn
Traditional: 評鑑
evaluation; assessment

The closest CC-CEDICT match for evaluation is 评鉴 (píng jiàn), defined as: evaluation; assessment.

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Characters and stroke order

评 píng
to appraise, to criticize, to evaluate
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes
鉴 jiàn
mirror, looking glass; to reflect
radical 167 ⾦ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “evaluation”

WordPinyinMeaning
考评 (考評)kǎo píngevaluation; to investigate and evaluate
评估 (評估)píng gūto evaluate; to assess
考核kǎo héto examine; to check up on
估算gū suànassessment; evaluation
评语 (評語)píng yǔcomment; evaluation

Related words

Other words that share a character with 评鉴.

WordPinyinMeaning
评论 (評論)píng lùnto comment on; to discuss
批评 (批評)pī píngto criticize; criticism; measure word: 次 (cì), 番 (fān)
评价 (評價)píng jiàto evaluate; to assess
评估 (評估)píng gūto evaluate; to assess
好评 (好評)hǎo píngfavorable criticism; positive evaluation
评审 (評審)píng shěnto appraise; to evaluate
鉴定 (鑑定)jiàn dìngto examine sth to determine its authenticity, quality, value etc; to appraise; to evaluate; to authenticate
鉴于 (鑒於)jiàn yúin view of; seeing that

See also: Japanese symbol for “evaluation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.