督

督 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜水月山 (YEBU), four-corner 2760₄, composition ⿱叔目)

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• Kangxi Dictionary: page 810, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23457
• Dae Jaweon: page 1225, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2495, character 12
• Unihan data for U+7763

Historical forms of the character 督
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔl'uːwɢ) : phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ) + semantic 目 (“eye”) – to look over, to oversee (with eyes).

督

1. ^⁜ (literary or Cantonese, Mainland China Hokkien) to supervise; to superintend; to oversee

   督查  ―  dūchá  ―  to superintend

2. a surname

• “督”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. coach
2. command
3. urge
4. lead
5. supervise

• On (unclassified): とく (toku, Jōyō)
• Kun: みる (miru, 督る); うながす (unagasu, 督す); ひきいる (hikiiru, 督いる)

• 督促(とくそく) (tokusoku)
• 督励(とくれい) (tokurei)
• 監督(かんとく) (kantoku): director

督 (eumhun 살필 독 (salpil dok))

1. Hanja form^? of 독 (“supervise, direct”).

• 감독 (監督, gamdok, “director, supervisor, manager, superintendent”)
• 독촉 (督促, dokchok, “urge”)

督: Hán Nôm readings: đốc

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