Chinese symbol for “surveillance”

监视

jiān shì

Traditional: 監視

to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance

The closest CC-CEDICT match for surveillance is 监视 (jiān shì), defined as: to monitor; to keep a close watch over; surveillance.

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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

视 shì

to look at, to inspect, to observe, to regard

radical 113 ⽰ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 监视.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
监督 (監督)	jiān dū	to supervise; to oversee; to inspect
监狱 (監獄)	jiān yù	prison
监管 (監管)	jiān guǎn	to oversee; to take charge of
监控 (監控)	jiān kòng	to monitor
监察 (監察)	jiān chá	to supervise; to control
视频 (視頻)	shì pín	video
电视 (電視)	diàn shì	television; TV; 台 (tái),部 (bù)
电视台 (電視台)	diàn shì tái	television station

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.