漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
監: oversee, official
Also: govt office, rule, administer
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 臣road(form)
- 𠂉(form)
- 皿plate(meaning)
皿 carries the meaning · 臣 and 𠂉 are drawn in
15 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
カンkan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 監督かんとくsupervision; control; superintendence
- 監視かんしmonitoring; watching; observation
- 監査かんさinspection; audit; judgement
- 監禁かんきんconfinement; imprisonment; incarceration
- 監察かんさつinspection; inspector
- 監修かんしゅう(editorial) supervision; general editorship
- 総監そうかんinspector general; commissioner
- 監獄かんごくprison
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)臥 a person with an emphasized eye + 皿 container
A person looking into a container. Original form of 鑑 (“mirror”).
Source: Wiktionary, 監 (rev. 94587488), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dinner is served! Imagine a beautiful ceramic plate or a sturdy wooden bowl ready to hold a feast.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
監 gives its sound to
The family reading is カン (kan). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side監 oversee · 𠂉 + 皿
vs腎 kidney · 又 + 月In ChineseSimplified 监 · traditional, as in Japanese · jiān
Japan keeps the traditional form 監; mainland China simplifies it to 监.
- Simplified
- 监 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 監 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jiān most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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