Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 监


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Meaning

to supervise, jail, prison, hard, firm

Pronunciation

jiān, jiàn

Explanation

Top: "cut bamboo" (= knife and half of bamboo ), below: bowl/plate

Mnemonic

The cut bamboo (= the snippets/shred) is in a bowl where it is "jailed" or "supervised".

Radicals

to supervise, jail(Top: cut bamboo and half of bamboo ), below: bowl .... For cut bamboo (snippets/shred) I need a bowl to "supervise" it.)
bowl
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Vocabulary

监察 jiān chá to supervise; to control
监督 jiān dū to control; to supervise; to inspect
监狱 jiān yù prison


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