# 監 oversee

臣 (vassal) + (rifle) + 一 (one/line radical) + 皿 (plate)
★★☆☆☆
15 strokes
BETA

## Onyomi

KAN |

## Mnemonic

| Genghis KHAN used his one rifle to oversee the vassal's filling of the plate.

## Jukugo

監督(かんとく) | director ★★☆☆☆ 監 (oversee) + 督 (supervisor) = 監督 (director) movie director/ construction foreman / coach.
監視(かんし) する | to supervise ☆☆☆☆☆ 監 (oversee) + 視 (peer at) = 監視 (to supervise) to supervise, or watch over a project. Also means, to guard bad people - guards at a prison, a teacher who watches students at test time to keep them from cheating. (BOOBOO: don't mix this with 警備 (けいび), which is someone who is guarding or protecting good people or things).

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
緊 | tense | STRING | 糸
監 | oversee | PLATE | 皿
堅 | solid, steadfast | EARTH | 土
賢 | clever | MONEY | 貝
覧 | view | LOOK | 見

I pull the STRING until it's very tense.

You oversee the PLATE (you're a waiter)

The EARTH is very solid.

You gotta be clever to get MONEY.

You view things by LOOKING at them, dumbass.

## Used In

- 鑑

## Synonyms

guard 警備 監視 見張り