監

Alternative forms


Note the difference in the upper right component between simplified Chinese, where it is ⿱𠂉丶 (resembles half of 𥫗), and traditional Chinese and Japanese, where it is ⿱𠂉一.

Descendants

 * 监

Glyph origin
. Note the migration of the dot from 血 → 皿 to a third stroke of 人 → ⿱𠂉丶/⿱𠂉一.

Alternatively, depicting a person with an emphasized eye looking into a container.

Definitions

 * 1) to supervise; to oversee
 * 2)  proctor; supervisor
 * 3) to control; to take charge; to direct
 * 4)  to act for the monarch
 * 5)  dukes or princes under an emperor
 * 6)  to imprison; to incarcerate
 * 7) prison; jail
 * 8)  to command; to lead
 * 9)  to force (somebody to do something)

Definitions

 * 1)  to reflect; to see; to view
 * 2)  to use for reference; to draw lessons from
 * 3)  supervisor; overseer
 * 4)  imperial office
 * 5)  eunuch
 * 1)  imperial office
 * 2)  eunuch

Kanji

 * 1) oversee
 * 2) bureaucrat
 * 3) government agency or office
 * 4) manage
 * 5) control or own

Etymology
From.

Affix

 * 1) to supervise; to inspect; to watch
 * 2) jail; jailhouse

Compounds

 * 監禁
 * 監獄
 * 監査
 * 監察
 * 監視
 * 監守
 * 監修
 * 監督
 * 監房