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Kanji Detail for 監 - "supervise, watch, oversee"
監
- Meaning
監 means "supervise, watch, oversee."
To watch - To observe; to oversee; to look down upon.
To manage - To supervise; to regulate.
Prison - A jail; to imprison.
To reflect - To use as a model; to learn from.
Eunuch - A palace official.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
supervise, control, direct
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To oversee those below. When superiors have something to supervise of inferiors, all is called 監. Such as official positions of 監臨 (overseer), 監督 (supervisor). These are examples. | Prison is called 監. Such as 監禁 (imprison), 監牢 (jail). | To look at. | A name for government offices. Such as Qing had 國子監 (Imperial Academy), 欽天監 (Imperial Astronomical Bureau). | A eunuch. Colloquially called 太監. | In the past, an abbreviation for 監生 (academy student). Those who studied at the Imperial Academy. Such as 貢監 (tribute student), 捐監 (purchased student).
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Sentences including 監
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
「お前ここへ帰って来て、宅の事を監理する気がないか」と兄が私を顧みた」
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋの自白以前と自白以後とで、彼らの挙動にこれという差違が生じないならば、彼の自白は単に私だけに限られた自白で、肝心の本人にも、またその監督者たる奥さんにも、まだ通じていないのは慥かでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
Ｋの自白以前と自白以後とで、彼らの挙動にこれという差違が生じないならば、彼の自白は単に私だけに限られた自白で、肝心の本人にも、またその監督者たる奥さんにも、まだ通じていないのは慥かでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha