督 – coach, command, urge

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#534 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 督 means coach, command, urge, lead, supervise. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is トク (toku). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 目 (no. 109).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	トク	toku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 目 (Kangxi radical 109). Components: 小・卜・又・目.

Words using 督

監督かんとくsupervision

Example sentences

代表取締役は取締役の職務の執行を監督するものだ。

The Representative Director supervises Directors' performance of duties.

Tatoeba #137842

監督はチームをトーナメント優勝に今一歩という所までもっていったのに悔しいことだった。

It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.

Tatoeba #76262

Kanji with the same radical

相目県直真着省看瞬眠盾眼眺睡盲瞳

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