监
jiānjiàn HSK6

watch carefully

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approved by Prismcool · Oct 2, 2023, 05:57 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 2, 2023, 05:57 AM

It would probably make more sense to mark the eye part of the character as 臣

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Simplified form of 監. Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) at his own reflection on a plate (皿).

Components

臣

Depicts an eye.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 臣 than it was in ancient scripts.
人
人 Iconic component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.
皿
皿 Iconic component

Historical Pronunciations

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