jiān, jiàn
watch carefully
Simplified form of 監. Depicts a person (人) looking (臣) at his own reflection on a plate (皿).
Components
Evolution
![监 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 监 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A3_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![监 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC) 监 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A3_2.png)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)![监 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 监 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A3_10.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![监 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 监 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E7%9B%A3_13.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions