Chinese Character 監 Meanings and components.

Form

監

Meaning

監 meaning[3] in English

To Supervise.

To Inspect.

Jail.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 監 can be seen as a composition of 4 main shapes where their meanings are surname Chen (臣) , archaic variant of … (亽) , (*) , and dish (皿)

Its radical[1] is: 皿 (min3) which means: Dish, Vessel, Shallow Container, Rad. No. 108, .皿min3dish

In cangjie it is written with SIBT

How to write 監

To write監jian1to supervise you should write a combination of 臣chen2surname Chen 亽ji2archaic variant … ** , 皿min3dish arranged in a 吕 shape:

臣 + 亽 + * + 皿 = 監

監 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 監 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 監, looks as follow:

監
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Supervise . To Inspect . Jail . Prison
臣
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: Surname Chen
亽
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Archaic Variant Of 亼[Ji2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]
*
Pinyin:*
皿
Pinyin:min3
Meaning[3]: Dish . Vessel . Shallow Container . Rad. No. 108

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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