Hanja Analyzer
督

督 — dok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
감독할 독
Romanization
dok
English
supervise, oversee, direct
Mandarin
dū
Japanese on'yomi
トク
Japanese kun'yomi
うながす ひきいる みる かみ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#534 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
目 (109, 8 residual)
Phonetic component
叔
Unicode
U+7763

Parts that make up 督

  • 叔 아재비 숙sound 말뚝으로 땅을 파는 손‘숙·척’ 계열의 소리
  • 目 눈 목 눈보는 일과 눈으로 하는 판단

How 督 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 督 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 叔, 目.

Korean example words with 督

  • 독찰督察 Korean gloss: 단속하여 살핌
  • 제독提督 Korean gloss: 해군 함대의 사령관
  • 동독董督 Korean gloss: 감시하며 독촉하고 격려함
  • 총독總督 Korean gloss: 식민지 통치 기구의 우두머리. 종주국에서 보내는데 정치, 경제, 군사의 모든 통치권을 가졌다
  • 독려하다督勵 Korean gloss: 감독하며 격려하다
  • 독세하다督稅 Korean gloss: 세금을 내도록 독촉하다
  • 독촉하다督促 Korean gloss: 일이나 행동을 빨리하도록 재촉하다
  • 독책하다督責 Korean gloss: 일이나 행동을 빨리 하도록 재촉하다
  • 권독하다勸督 Korean gloss: 어떤 일을 하도록 타이르고 권하며 감독하다
  • 감독자監督者 Korean gloss: 감독하는 사람
  • 감독급監督級 Korean gloss: 감독에 해당하는 정도의 등급
  • 감독관監督官 Korean gloss: 지휘하고 단속하는 직책을 맡은 사람

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 督

  • 監督かんとく supervision; control; superintendence
  • 総督そうとく governor-general; governor; viceroy
  • 提督ていとく admiral; commodore
  • 督促とくそく urge; demand; importunity
  • 舞台監督ぶたいかんとく stage director
  • 現場監督げんばかんとく field overseer; site foreman
  • 家督かとく heir; successor; family estate
  • 基督キリスト Christ
  • 督励とくれい encouragement; urging
  • 督戦とくせん urging soldiers to fight more vigorously
  • 都督ととく governor-general
  • 督脈とくみゃく Governor vessel (traditional Chinese medicine); Du Meredian; Dumaixue

Characters sharing the phonetic 叔

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “독”

Other hanja with radical 目

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