Trace Panda
■ radical

jiān

to supervise

How it’s built

Simplified form of 監. Pictograph of a person leaning over to look at his own reflection on a plate.

目
iconic

eye

人
iconic

person

皿
iconic

dish; vessel

Through the ages

Oracle bone script
Bronze script
Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 监 as a component, most common first.

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