監 (jiān)
To supervise; to inspect; prison.
How 監 is written
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 臣 — minister/official
- Traditional
- 監
- Simplified
- 监
Components
- 臣 minister/official
- 丿 bend
- 一 one
- 丶 dot
- 皿 dish
監 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- jiān
- hard; strong; solid; firm
- jiàn
- supervisor
Common words using 監
- 太監 tàijiàn
- court eunuch; palace eunuch
- 監控 jiānkòng
- to monitor
- 監測 jiāncè
- to monitor
- 監獄 jiānyù
- prison
- 監督 jiāndū
- to control; to supervise; to inspect
- 監管 jiānguǎn
- to oversee; to take charge of; to supervise
- 監考 jiānkǎo
- to proctor (an exam); to invigilate
- 總監 zǒngjiān
- rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration; commissioner (police); inspector-general
- 證監會 zhèngjiànhuì
- China securities regulatory commission CSRC; abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会
- 監察 jiānchá
- to supervise; to control
- 監禁 jiānjìn
- to imprison; to jail; to take into custody
- 監製 jiānzhì
- to supervise the manufacture of; to supervise the shooting of films
監 in a sentence
父母正在監督孩子做功課。
Fùmǔ zhèngzài jiāndū háizi zuò gōngkè.
“The parents are supervising the child doing homework.”
How common is 監?
監 is the 836th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.1% of all running text.
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