監

oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Nanori (名乗り)

けん

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:N1

Frequency:408

Vocabulary

カン

Word	Reading	Meaning
監禁	カンキン	confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
監獄	カンゴク	prison
監査役	カンサヤク	auditor; inspector
監察	カンサツ	inspection; inspector
監視	カンシ	monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision; lookout

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
現場監督	げんばかんとく	field overseer; site foreman
学監	がっかん	dean
出監	しゅっかん	leaving prison
監視所	かんしじょ	lookout post; observation point
在監の長	ざいかんのおさ	prison warden

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

excessive, overflow, spread out

strict, hard, solid, tough, tight, reliable

specimen, take warning from, learn from

look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on

wall, lining (stomach), fence

drowsy, sleep, die

long-distance, spur, fetlock

retainer, subject