督 — Chinese character
督
dū
to supervise, to oversee, to direct
- Pinyin
- dū
- Radical
- 109 ⽬ (Eye)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 叔 目
- Formation
- pictophonetic — eye; meaning component 目; sound component 叔
- Japanese
- 督 as a kanji
Common words with 督
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 监督 (監督) | jiān dū | to supervise; to oversee; to inspect |
| 总督 (總督) | zǒng dū | governor-general; viceroy |
| 督察 | dū chá | to supervise; to superintend |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 督导 (督導) | dū dǎo | to direct; to oversee |
| 督办 (督辦) | dū bàn | to oversee; to supervise |
| 都督 | dū dū | (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) |
| 提督 | tí dū | the local commander; provincial governor (in Qing and Ming times) |
| 督学 (督學) | dū xué | school inspector |
| 督军 (督軍) | dū jūn | provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) |
| 督战 (督戰) | dū zhàn | to oversee combat operations |
| 监督者 (監督者) | jiān dū zhě | supervisor |
English words written with 督
督 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.