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Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 监 represents the sound. Simplified form of 藍.
Components
cao, cǎo grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
jiān watch carefully
Change in sound
蓝 and 监 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in Old Chinese.
蓝 *[N-k.]rˤam
监 *[k]ˤram Historical Pronunciations