dǒng
supervise
Original meaning:
type of plant
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 董
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
board of directors | ||
curio | ||
board member | ||
chairman | ||
to direct |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 8.7778% of movies
1974th most common character in movies
1629th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+8463 |
Sources
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