Chinese Character Wiki
監

jiān, jiàn

watch carefully

Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) at his own reflection on a plate (皿).

Components
臣 iconic component

臣  Iconic component

chén

  

minister

Depicts an eye.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

監 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
監 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
監 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
監 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
監 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

监 (監) 

jiān

supervise, control, direct; to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison

监 (監) 

jiàn

supervisor

Most common words with 監
Freq.
Word
Meaning

监狱

prison

监督

to control

监视

to monitor

监

jail

监管

to oversee

Component uses

Sound component in 12 characters (5 verified)

艦 藍 盐 鹽 籃 鑑 鑒 覽 濫 尷 檻 襤

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

盐

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤram

kaem

jiān

inspect

*kˤram-s

kaemH

jiàn

mirror


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 52.0583% of movies

608th most common character in movies

838th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

监

Unicode

U+76E3

Shuowen

“監，臨下也。从臥，省聲。，古文監从言。”


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