Simplified:

jiān ㄐㄧㄢ

    • to supervise
    • to inspect
    • jail
    • prison

jiàn ㄐㄧㄢˋ

    • supervisor supervisory office (in imperial China)

      bound form

How 監 is written

    部首 radical
    笔画 strokes
    14, with 9 after the 部首
    形旁 meaning
    声旁 sound

    Words with

    Ending with 監

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