监

to supervise / to inspect / jail / prison

监 = 刂 + 大 + 皿 : 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.

监

監

jiàn = ji + an4

supervisor

监 character breakdown

监
- 刂
  - 丨
  - 亅
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 皿

刂

da̅o = d + ao1

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]

刂 = 丨 + 亅 : 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).

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

皿

mǐn = mi + (e)n3

dish / vessel / shallow container / rad. no. 108

Marilyn Monroe is eating some rice out of a shallow bowl in the encampment.

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : 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.

皿

mǐn = mi + (e)n3

(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container / radical no. 108

Characters with 监 as component

蓝

藍

lán = l + an2

surname Lan

蓝 = 艹 + 监 : 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.

蓝

藍

lán = l + an2

blue / indigo plant

篮

籃

lán = l + an2

basket (receptacle) / basket (in basketball)

篮 = ⺮ + 监 : 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.

滥

濫

làn = l + an4

overflowing / excessive / indiscriminate

滥 = 氵 + 监 : 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.

槛

檻

jiàn = ji + an4

banister / balustrade / cage for animal or prisoner / to transport caged prisoner on a cart

槛

檻

kǎn = k + an3

door sill / threshold

尴

尷

ga̅n = g + an1

embarrassed / ill at ease

尴 = 尢 + 监 : 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.

褴

襤

lán = l + an2

ragged garments