监 (jiān): meaning and stroke order
监 (jiān) means to supervise, to inspect, jail, prison.
监
- Simplified
- 监
- Traditional
- 監
- Pinyin
- jiān · jiàn
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Stroke order of 监
监
- jiān to supervise; to inspect
- jiàn (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
- 10 strokes
- Traditional form: 監
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Meaning of 监
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jiān
Traditional 監
- to supervise
- to inspect
- jail
- prison
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jiàn
Traditional 監
- (bound form) supervisor; supervisory office (in imperial China)
Radical and structure
- 监
- Radical 皿 (Kangxi radical 108) · 10 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 监
- 总监 zǒng jiān head; director (of an organizational unit)
- 监狱 jiān yù prison
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).