# 督

| 督 | U+7763, &#30563; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7763 |
| ← 睢 [U+7762] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 睤 → [U+7764] |

## Translingual
### Han character

督 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜水月山 (YEBU), four-corner 2760$_4$, composition ⿱叔目)

#### Derived characters

* 𱔽, 𧝴

#### References

* 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 督 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 椒 | *ʔsliw |
| 茮 | *ʔsliw |
| 踧 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 蔋 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 惄 | *nɯːwɢ |
| 戚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慼 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 鏚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慽 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 磩 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 寂 | *zlɯːwɢ |
| 嘁 | *ʔsluːb |
| 墄 | *sʰlɯːɡ |
| 摵 | *srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ |
| 督 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 錖 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 裻 | *ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ |
| 傶 | *ʔslɯːwɢ |
| 蹙 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 槭 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 縬 | *ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ |
| 顣 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 敊 | *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 琡 | *ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 俶 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 埱 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 淑 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 婌 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 尗 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 叔 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 掓 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 菽 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 鮛 | *hljɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔl'uːwɢ): phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ) + semantic 目 (“eye”) – to look over, to oversee (with eyes).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dū (du$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): du$^1$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): duk$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tuk
* Eastern Min (BUC): dók
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$toq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dū
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: du
*** Wade–Giles: tu$^1$
*** Yale: dū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: du
*** Palladius: ду (du)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu⁵⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: du$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: du
*** Sinological IPA : /tu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: duk$^1$
*** Yale: dūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: duk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʊk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: dug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: dug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /tuk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dók
*** Sinological IPA : /touʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tok
*** Tâi-lô: tok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dog
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /tɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tok
*** Sinological IPA : /tok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$toq
*** MiniDict: toh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$toq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /toʔ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: towk
Rime :
| Character | 督 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 沃 (6) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 冬毒切 |
| Baxter | towk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tuok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /tok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /tuok̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tuok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | du |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | duk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔl'uːwɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 督 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11738 |
| Phonetic component | 尗 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 篤 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔl'uːwɢ/ |

### Definitions

督
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, literary or Cantonese, Hokkien) to supervise; to superintend; to oversee
    督查 ― dūchá ― to superintend
* a surname

### Compounds

* 催督 (cuīdū)
* 基督 (Jīdū)
* 官督商辦 / 官督商办
* 家督 (jiādū)
* 平原督郵 / 平原督邮
* 循名督實 / 循名督实
* 拿督 (nádū)
* 提督 (tídū)
* 教督
* 河道總督 / 河道总督
* 監督 / 监督 (jiāndū)
* 督促 (dūcù)
* 督催
* 督學 / 督学 (dūxué)
* 督察 (dūchá)
* 督導 / 督导 (dūdǎo)
* 督工
* 督師 / 督师 (dūshī)
* 督役
* 督戰 / 督战 (dūzhàn)
* 督撫 / 督抚 (dūfǔ)
* 督率
* 督理
* 督策
* 督緝 / 督缉
* 督課 / 督课
* 督責 / 督责 (dūzé)
* 督軍 / 督军 (dūjūn)
* 督辦 / 督办 (dūbàn)
* 督過 / 督过
* 督飭 / 督饬
* 總督 / 总督 (zǒngdū)
* 行政監督 / 行政监督
* 都督

### References

* “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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* coach
* command
* urge
* lead
* supervise

#### Readings

* 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)

#### Compounds

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

## Korean
### Hanja

督 (eumhun 살필 독 (salpil dok))
* hanja form of 독 (“supervise, direct”)

#### Compounds

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

## Vietnamese
### Han character

督: Hán Nôm readings: đốc
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