監 — kanji meaning “oversee”
監
oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer
- Meanings
- oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer
- On'yomi
- カン (kan)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- けん
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #408 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 108
- Chinese reading
- jiān, jiàn — Chinese character page
Words with 監
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 監督 | かんとく kantoku | supervision; control; superintendence |
| 監視 | かんし kanshi | monitoring; watching; observation |
| 監禁 | かんきん kankin | confinement; imprisonment; incarceration |
| 監査 | かんさ kansa | inspection; audit; judgement |
| 監修 | かんしゅう kanshuu | (editorial) supervision; general editorship |
| 監獄 | かんごく kangoku | prison |
| 監察 | かんさつ kansatsu | inspection; inspector |
| 総監 | そうかん soukan | inspector general; commissioner |
| 収監 | しゅうかん shuukan | imprisonment |
| 監理 | かんり kanri | superintendence; supervision; administration |
| 監事 | かんじ kanji | auditor; controller; comptroller |
| 監訳 | かんやく kan'yaku | supervising a translation |
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