entries → 督
TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
character · B1 (est.)
督 =
ㄉㄨ · dū
verb — to oversee, supervise, urge on

字源 FORM — what the parts do

an eye
shū — gives the sounduncle
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()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