监 - jiàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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14 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

監 (监)

jiàn

Definition

supervisor

Other pronunciations

jiān

hard
strong
solid
firm
to supervise
to inspect
jail
prison

Character Decomposition

Compounds (10)

blue

warship

basket; goal

example; mirror; to view; reflection; to reflect; to inspect; to warn; (ancient bronze mirror)

濫

làn

overflowing; excessive; indiscriminate

door sill; threshold

banister; balustrade; cage for animal or prisoner; to transport caged prisoner on a cart

尷

gān

awkwardly; awkward ; embarrassed; ill at ease

ragged garments

vehicle for transporting prisoners

Related words (3)

太監

tài jiàn

court eunuch; palace eunuch

校監

xiào jiàn

supervisor (of school); principal

海監船

hǎi jiàn chuán

naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat

Idioms (1)

皇帝不急急死太監

huáng dì bù jí jí sǐ tài jiàn

(lit.) the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are worried to death (idiom); (fig.) the observers are more anxious than the person involved

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