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監 means 'keep watch'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 589   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-3    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 58 words   Used in 130 words   Used in 49 names   Component in 14 kanji (4 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カン
Additional readings
Name    けん
Variants
监 (Chinese)  
Notes
The upper part does not exist as an independent kanji - it is a modified form of 臥 (lie down).
Components
⿱  ⿰  臣 subject  ⿱  𠂉 (人) man  一 one  皿 dish  
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臥 lie down  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 監 is used 5 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 監 is used 129 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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1. supervision; control; superintendence; direction
noun
2. director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss
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げん: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun, noun (suffix)
1. special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi)  (archaic)
noun
2. secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu  (see also: 大宰府; archaic)
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An additional 臥 less common words include 監 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1111  Joy o' Kanji : 1111  Key to Kanji: - 

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監
カン    keep watch, oversee   
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臣
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
皿
さら dish   
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