監
jiānjiàn

watch carefully

监 (監) jiān frequency
prison noun
a place of detention or a jail

他因走私被判了刑，已经在牢里坐了整整三年监。

tā yīn zǒu​sī bèi pàn le xíng, yǐ​jīng zài láo lǐ zuò le zhěng​zhěng sān nián jiān.

He was sentenced for smuggling and has already served a full three years in prison.

supervise verb
to supervise or inspect

总工程师正在现场监工，确保每道工序都合格。

zǒng​gōng​chéng​shī zhèng​zài xiàn​chǎng jiān​gōng, què​bǎo měi dào gōng​xù dōu hé​gé.

The chief engineer is supervising on-site to ensure that every stage of the process meets the standards.

监 (監) jiàn
supervisor noun
(bound form) supervisor or supervisory office in imperial China

他在宫廷里担任太监一职。

tā zài gōng​tíng lǐ dān​rèn tài​jiàn yī zhí.

He served as a eunuch in the imperial court.

Frequency
Character
Written text
838th most common 212.3 per million
Movie subtitles
608th most common 233.7 per million appears in 52% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.19 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
81.2 per million

Details
Simplified
监
Strokes
14
Unicode
U+76E3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)