supervise

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
叔 sound component

  Sound component

shū

  

uncle

目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

Evolution

督 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
督 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

supervise, oversee, direct; to supervise and direct; army title (archaic)

Most common words with 督
Freq.
Word
Meaning

监督

to control

基督

Christ

army title (archaic)

督察

to supervise

基督教

Christianity