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Chinese symbol for “proctor”

监考
jiān kǎo
Traditional: 監考
to proctor (an exam); to invigilate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for proctor is 监考 (jiān kǎo), defined as: to proctor (an exam); to invigilate.

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Characters and stroke order

监 jiān
to supervise, to direct, to control; to inspect; prison, jail
radical 108 ⽫ · 10 strokes
考 kǎo
to test, to investigate, to examine
radical 125 ⽼ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 监考.

WordPinyinMeaning
监督 (監督)jiān dūto supervise; to oversee; to inspect
监狱 (監獄)jiān yùprison
监管 (監管)jiān guǎnto oversee; to take charge of
监控 (監控)jiān kòngto monitor
监视 (監視)jiān shìto monitor; to keep a close watch over
监察 (監察)jiān cháto supervise; to control
考虑 (考慮)kǎo lǜto think over; to consider
考试 (考試)kǎo shìto take an exam; exam

See also: Japanese symbol for “proctor”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.