1. 監
  2. 督

監

Previous (升)Next (临)
  • 836th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 71 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
監→
No glyph available皿
2Radical
監→
臣minister/official丿bend一one丶dot皿dish
3Graphical
監→
一㇗丨匚丿一丶冂丨一

Pinyin & Meaning

1. jiān (jian1)hard • strong • solid • firm • to supervise • to inspect • jail • prison
2. jiàn (jian4)supervisor

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 監 jiān (jian1)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 監 jiàn (jian4)The component 丶 is pronounced as 'diǎn' (dian3). It has the same pinyin final.

Appears In

監 also appears in:
鑑艦藍糮繿

Example Words

Common

太监 (太監)
监控 (監控)
监测 (監測)
监狱 (監獄)
监督 (監督)
监管 (監管)
监考 (監考)
总监 (總監)
证监会 (證監會)

Uncommon

监察 (監察)
监禁 (監禁)
监制 (監製)
监视 (監視)
监护 (監護)
药监局 (藥監局)

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督

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Previous (谓)Next (毒)
  • 944th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 52 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
督→
叔目
2Radical
督→
⺊divination一one小small又right hand目eye
3Graphical
督→
丨一一亅八㇇㇏口二

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dū (du1)to supervise and direct • army title (archaic)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 督 dū (du1)The component 叔 is pronounced as 'shū' (shu1). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for 督 dū (du1)The component 目 is pronounced as 'mù' (mu4). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

基督 
监督 (監督)

Uncommon

基督城 
基督徒 
基督教 
督促 
督察 
督导 (督導)
督军 (督軍)
督办 (督辦)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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