JLPT N1 · 15 strokes
Kanji 監: "oversee, official, govt office"
The kanji 監 means "oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer". It is written with 15 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read カン in on'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
no recorded reading
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | oversee, official, govt office, rule, administer |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 15 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 408 of 2,501 |
Common words with 監
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 監視monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance
- 監督supervision; control; superintendence; direction · director; superintendent; supervisor; coach
- 監禁confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
- 監視カメラsurveillance camera; security camera
- 監獄prison
- 監special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) · secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
- 監査inspection; audit; judgement; judgment
- 収監imprisonment
- 総監inspector general; commissioner
- 監視下supervised; under surveillance
- 監修(editorial) supervision; general editorship · supervising director
- 警視総監Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
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