← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Feb 18, 2022, 09:48 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 18, 2022, 09:48 PM
Simplified form of 監. Depicts a person (人) looking (目) at his own reflection on a plate (皿).
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Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 目 than it was in ancient scripts. Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts. Historical Pronunciations