Read Edit View history 监 jiānjiàn HSK6 watch carefully Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 監. Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) at his own reflection on a plate (皿). Pinyin Separate values with commas jiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 監 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an eye. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 监 Simp strokes 监 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 监 Simp strokes 监 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 监 Simp strokes 监 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 监 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 234, 657 ], [ 265, 622 ], [ 277, 395 ] ], [ [ 369, 762 ], [ 393, 750 ], [ 417, 717 ], [ 421, 535 ], [ 412, 325 ] ], [ [ 601, 784 ], [ 619, 772 ], [ 639, 742 ], [ 627, 700 ], [ 560, 557 ], [ 489, 458 ] ], [ [ 616, 597 ], [ 694, 610 ], [ 789, 638 ], [ 847, 642 ] ], [ [ 628, 507 ], [ 724, 433 ], [ 747, 390 ] ], [ [ 267, 270 ], [ 290, 251 ], [ 305, 226 ], [ 333, 94 ], [ 349, 79 ] ], [ [ 313, 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758 470 646 512 Q 631 516 624 515 Q 618 511 619 499 Q 622 487 646 464 Z", "M 304 274 Q 291 278 274 281 Q 261 285 257 278 Q 250 271 260 254 Q 288 199 306 109 Q 309 87 321 71 C 338 46 354 43 355 73 Q 356 91 353 116 Q 338 209 335 238 C 332 266 332 266 304 274 Z", "M 733 107 Q 766 212 795 252 Q 807 262 803 275 Q 796 293 734 324 Q 718 333 702 329 Q 524 296 304 274 C 274 271 306 231 335 238 Q 335 239 419 255 L 440 258 Q 492 268 550 275 L 590 282 Q 677 297 700 283 Q 707 279 705 260 Q 693 193 668 100 C 660 71 724 78 733 107 Z", "M 470 82 Q 470 83 471 85 Q 475 119 451 235 Q 450 248 440 258 C 420 281 412 284 419 255 L 420 254 Q 432 101 447 82 L 448 80 C 463 54 464 53 470 82 Z", "M 565 90 Q 578 114 604 195 Q 610 214 622 239 Q 632 252 623 260 Q 613 273 590 282 C 562 294 532 299 550 275 Q 575 250 544 112 Q 541 99 542 88 C 543 58 552 63 565 90 Z", "M 321 71 Q 218 67 107 59 Q 85 58 100 39 Q 113 23 133 16 Q 155 9 173 13 Q 467 76 877 47 Q 889 47 902 45 Q 923 44 929 53 Q 936 66 919 81 Q 862 130 784 114 Q 760 111 733 107 L 668 100 Q 619 97 565 90 L 542 88 Q 521 88 501 85 Q 485 84 470 82 L 448 80 Q 402 79 355 73 L 321 71 Z" ] } 10 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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