Character: 監
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiān
Preclassic Old Chinese: krām
Classic Old Chinese: krām
Western Han Chinese: krām
Eastern Han Chinese: krām
Early Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄m
Late Postclassic Chinese: kạ̄m
Middle Chinese: kạm
English meaning : to look at, watch, inspect, supervise; to mirror oneself; a mirror
Russian meaning[s]: 1) наблюдать, надзирать, инспектировать, контролировать; инспектор, контролер, ревизор; 2) тюрьма; [jiàn] 1) чин, чиновник; древн. евнух; 2) смотреть, наблюдать; 3) стар. академия; воспитанник академии; 4) Цзянь (фамилия)
Comments: Also read *krām-s, MC kạ̀m, Mand. jiàn id. A later meaning is 'inspection' > 'jail, prison' (whence Viet. giam id.). In Viet. cf. also giọ'm 'to sound out'; khám 'prison'.
Radical: 108
Four-angle index: 628
Karlgren code: 0609 a-b
Vietnamese reading: giám
