to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

= + + : Joan of Arc (ji) has been caught by the English and in her prison (监), a cage (监) in front of the anthill (an1), She awaits her trial. She has not given up, though: as a robot hands her a bowl of rice (皿), She quickly pulls out a kitchen knife (刂) and stabs the robot's (大) arm. The robot doesn't even notice though.
supervisor

监 character breakdown

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a kitchen knife. Don Quixote (d) is showing off his special knifes in front of the aorta (ao1). One is made from a dinosaur bone (丨), and the other is made from a crowbar (亅).
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108

Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

= + : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.
(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108

Characters with 监 as component

surname Lan

= + : Lancelot (l) as been trapped in a cage (监) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) for quite some time now and all he gets to eat are blue-green (蓝) algae. Once the blue-green algae have been processed by his body, they change into artificial lawn (艹) which his captors remove from his cage to sell it.
blue / indigo plant

= + : Lancelot (l) as been trapped in a cage (监) in the anthill's kitchen (an2) for quite some time now and all he gets to eat are blue-green (蓝) algae. Once the blue-green algae have been processed by his body, they change into artificial lawn (艹) which his captors remove from his cage to sell it.
basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball)

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) has been put into a prison cage (监) in the anthill's kitchen (an2). There is a basketball hoop (篮) inside his cage, but every time he is about to dump one, someone sticks a bamboo stick (⺮) into the cage and prevents the ball from going trough the net just to annoy Lancelot.
overflowing / excessive / indiscriminate

= + : Sir Lancelot (l) wants to stock up on water, and he plans to store it in the anthill's bathroom (an4). He keeps on pouring water bottles (氵) in a cage (监), but the cage just overflows (滥). As the water flows out of the cage Lancelot gets even more enraged and pours more and more water.
banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart
door sill / threshold
embarrassed / ill at ease

= + : Guy Fawkes (g) has been caught and put into a prison (监) in front of the anthill (an1) and is exposed to the public as a warning. During his detention he has been hurt and so he has to use a crutch (尢). The whole experience is very embarrassing (尴) for him.
ragged garments

Words with 监

Sanbao Eunuch, official title of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] / also written 三保太監|三保太监
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) / abbr. to 證監會|证监会[Zheng4 jian1 hui4]
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) / abbr. for 中國證券監督管理委員會|中国证券监督管理委员会
Guardian Council of the Constitution of Iran
China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), abbr. for 中國保險監督管理委員會|中国保险监督管理委员会[Zhong1 guo2 Bao3 xian3 Jian1 du1 Guan3 li3 Wei3 yuan2 hui4]
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of State Council (SASAC) / abbr. to 國資委|国资委[Guo2 Zi1 Wei3]
Imperial College (or Academy), the highest educational body in imperial China
National Supervision Commission (abbr. for 國家監察委員會|国家监察委员会[Guo2 jia1 Jian1 cha2 Wei3 yuan2 hui4])
National Supervision Commission of the PRC, anti-corruption agency established in 2018

Sentences with 监

qǐ
zòu
wàn
suì
 
 
yù
mǎ
jia̅n
que̅
shǎo
gè
guǎn
mǎ
gua̅n