U+76D1 "监" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+76D1 "监" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries the core meaning of "to supervise," "to oversee," or "to inspect," and it is also used in the word "prison" or "jail" when combined with other characters, as in "监狱" (jiānyù). This character is a simplified form of the traditional character "監," which originally depicted a person looking into a container of water, symbolizing the act of reflecting or examining. In modern usage, it frequently appears in contexts related to management, surveillance, and law enforcement, such as "监督" (jiāndū) meaning "to supervise" and "监控" (jiānkòng) meaning "to monitor."