Level V of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 548 / 2,608
Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.
More common than 紀 (Account), less common than 塩 (Salt).
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.
監 is rank 548 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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