# 監 — Oversee

Frequency rank 548 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 紀 (Account), less common than 塩 (Salt).

- On’yomi: かん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 皿 Dish (Kangxi 108)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

The character looks like a person bending down to peer into a dish or basin -- that watchful posture of looking down carefully means to oversee.

In words:

- 監督 かんとく — supervision,control,superintendence
- 監視 かんし — observation;guarding;inspection;surveillance

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