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監

Oversee
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingカン

Verbs with «監»

監視する監督する
  1. confinement
  2. imprisonment
  3. incarceration

Popular Usage

監督監視

Radicals and components

Radical皿dish
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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retainer · slave · reclining · lying down · one (一) · floor · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1562

Compound words

彼は監督に挨拶さえしなかった。
He did not so much as greet the manager.tatoeba
彼は衛生監視員である。
He is a sanitary inspector.tatoeba

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

番狂わせの勝利はなめてかかった相手監督によるものだろう
ばんくるわせのしょうりはなめてかかったあいてかんとくによるものだろうThe upset victory is probably due to the opposing coach taking it lightly.
チーム再建を託された監督が脱税でクビ
ちーむさいけんをたくされたかんとくがだつぜいでくびA manager entrusted with team rebuilding gets fired for tax evasion.
監督はサインを出さず選手にまかせた
かんとくはさいんをださずせんしゅにまかせたThe manager didn't give a sign and left it up to the player.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Oversee. 臣 (eye) + 皿 (a bowl of water) — looking at one's reflection in a bowl. 監督 — director.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 監

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step