監 – oversee, official, govt office

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#408 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 監 means oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン (kan). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 皿 (no. 108).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 皿 (Kangxi radical 108). Components: 皿・臣・二・乞.

Words using 監

監督かんとくsupervision監視かんしmonitoring

Example sentences

代表取締役は取締役の職務の執行を監督するものだ。

The Representative Director supervises Directors' performance of duties.

Tatoeba #137842

監督はチームをトーナメント優勝に今一歩という所までもっていったのに悔しいことだった。

It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.

Tatoeba #76262

彼は衛生監視員である。

He is a sanitary inspector.

Tatoeba #109611

Kanji with the same radical

盟益盛盤盗盆皿

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