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督
dū
1. to supervise and direct
2. army title (archaic)
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

督
dū
to supervise, to oversee, to direct
HSK 6 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

基督
Jīdū
Christ
戆督
gàngdū
stupid, ignorant (Wu dialect)
提督
tídū
the local commander
撒督
Sǎdū
Zadok (son of Azor and father of Achim in Matthew 1:13)
监督
jiāndū
to control
HSK 6
督促
dūcù
to supervise and urge completion of a task
HSK 6
督学
dūxué
school inspector
督察
dūchá
to supervise
督导
dūdǎo
to direct
督建
dūjiàn
to supervise and construct
督抚
dūfǔ
governor general [[总督]] and inspector general [[巡抚]]
督标
dūbiāo
army regiment at the disposal of province governor-general
督责
dūzé
to supervise
督军
dūjūn
provincial military governor during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
督办
dūbàn
to oversee
督龟
dūguī
to doze off (Taiwanese)
总督
zǒngdū
governor-general
都督
dūdū
(army) commander-in-chief (archaic)
反基督
fǎnJīdū
the anti-Christ
基督城
Jīdūchéng
Christchurch (New Zealand city)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
945
Word Frequency Rank
3,742 of 84,292

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