TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
督
ㄉㄨ · dū
verb — to oversee, supervise, urge on
字源 FORM — what the parts do
IFshū → dū — initial and final shifted off the donor
An eye (目) under 叔, which lends the sound — shū worn to dū. The eye set over a task: watching to keep it on track, pressing it along. From the overseeing eye: 監督、督促、督導.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻眼(目)盯在活兒上頭,看著、催著——督。
An eye (目) fixed over the work, watching and pressing it on — to oversee.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)監督、督察— to oversee, inspect常用
→督促、督導— to urge on, supervise常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension