The kanji 監: meaning, readings and stroke order

監

Meaning: oversee, watch
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 15
Radical: 皿 dish
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: giám sát, trông coi (giám)
Japanese: みはる。とりしまる。
Korean: 감독하다, 살피다 (감)
Chinese: 监督、看管 (监)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading

監かん督とく
coach, manager, (film) director
野球部の 監かん督とくに話を聞きます。
I ask the coach of the baseball team about it.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.