监
2 readings · tap one to hear it
to supervise; to inspect; jail; prison
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 監
- Common rank
- #925
- Unicode
- U+76D1
Sound it out + + = · + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 监 is formed
Components 皿
? unknown part
How to remember it
supervise · Heisig RSH #1139
fencing foil + reclining + 掉 drop + dish — as a component also called: hidden camera
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 监
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国家电力监管委员会 | State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PRC) | |
| 中国证监会 | China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会[Zhong1 gu… | |
| 国子监 | Guozijian, the highest educational administrative body in imperial China, in some dynastie… | |
| 监利市 | Jianli, a county-level city in Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 中国银行业监督管理委员会 | China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) | |
| 国务院国有资产监督管理委员会 | State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council | |
| 理监事 | member of a board of directors | |
| 国家监察委员会 | National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018 | |
| 国有资产监督管理委员会 | State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), an entity that overs… | |
| 保监会 | China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), abbr. for 中國保險監督管理委員會|中国保险监督管理委员会[Zhong1 guo… | |
| 国家监委 | National Supervision Commission (abbr. for 國家監察委員會|国家监察委员会[Guo2 jia1 Jian1 cha2 Wei3 yuan2… | |
| 三宝太监 | Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2]; also written 三保太監|三保太监 | |
| 中国保险监督管理委员会 | China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) | |
| 监理所 | inspection and control bureau | |
| 皇上不急太监急 | see 皇帝不急太監急|皇帝不急太监急[huang2 di4 bu4 ji2 tai4 jian4 ji2] | |
| 皇上不急急太监 | see 皇帝不急太監急|皇帝不急太监急[huang2 di4 bu4 ji2 tai4 jian4 ji2] | |
| 监视器 | security camera; surveillance monitor | |
| 证监会 | China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) (abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会[Zhong1 gu… | |
| 银监会 | China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), abbr. for 中國銀行業監督管理委員會|中国银行业监督管理委员会[Zhong1 guo… | |
| 学监 | school official responsible for supervising the students (old) |
Sound family
These characters use 监 as their sound component — compare how they read.