| Kanji | 監 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | カン |
| Nanori | けん |
| English | oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer |
| Examples | 監督(かんとく): (1) supervision; control; superintendence; direction (2) director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss 監視(かんし): observation; guarding; inspection; surveillance |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 408 |
| Components | 臣: retainer; subject 皿: dish; a helping; plate |
| Number of Strokes | 15 |
| Kanji Radical | 皿 |
| Radical Number | 108 |
| Radical Strokes | 5 |
| Radical Reading | さら |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | oversee |
| Koohii Story 1 | While the slave-buyer is perusing (perusal (#855)) the stack of slaves reclining on the floor, the slaves' overseer supplies them with dishes of gruel -- don't want the slaves starving to death before they can be sold! |
| Koohii Story 2 | The slaves are reclining on the floor when the overseer comes in. They tell him "We´re not goofing off, a dish fell and broke and we´re cleaning it off the floor". |
| RTK Index | 1453 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq251-500
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