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Kanji Detail for 監 - "to watch, prison"

監

  • Meaning

    監 means "to watch, prison." Also associated with to manage.

    1. To watch - To observe; to oversee; to look down upon.

    2. To manage - To supervise; to regulate.

    3. Prison - A jail; to imprison.

    4. To reflect - To use as a model; to learn from.

    5. Eunuch - A palace official.

  • Words using 監

    • 監督 かんとく Listen supervision; control; superintendence
    • 監視 かんし Listen monitoring; watching; observation
    • 監査 かんさ Listen inspection; audit; judgement
    • 監査役 かんさやく Listen auditor; inspector
    • 監禁 かんきん Listen confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
    • 監修 かんしゅう Listen (editorial) supervision; general editorship; supervising director
    • 監察 かんさつ Listen inspection; inspector
    • 総監 そうかん Listen inspector general; commissioner

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    • Verified meaning: to watch, prison
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かんざき)
    • Also carries these associations: to manage

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 監

    Surnames 監(かんざき)Listen

  • 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).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kan(カン) カン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    皿 (sara)

  • Related Keywords

    to watch to manage prison supervise oversee official eunuch inspect monitor guard observe regulate control administer audit direct jail scrutinize superintend maintain check ensure protect

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