監

oversee; official; govt office; rule; administer

15 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 408.

Readings

• カン (on reading): 監督 (かんとく) director; 監視 (かんし) monitoring

Components

• 臣
• 𠂉
• 皿
• 乞 radical beg
• 二 radical two
• 皿 radical dish
• 臣 radical minister; retainer

Kanji containing 監

• 塩 salt
• 艦 warship
• 鑑 specimen
• 覧 perusal
• 藍 indigo
• 儖 ugly
• 濫 excessive
• 檻 pen
• 襤 rags
• 籃 basket
• 繿 rags
• 鹽 salt

Words using 監

• 監督 (かんとく) director
• 監視 (かんし) monitoring
• 映画監督 (えいがかんとく) movie director
• 監査役 (かんさやく) auditor
• 監修 (かんしゅう) (editorial) supervision
• 監 (げん) special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi)
• 少監 (しょうげん) inspector (of the Dazaifu)

157 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists