董
Meanings
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- 1.surname Dong
- 1.to supervise
- 2.to direct
- 3.director
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Wiktionary
- 1.to supervise, inspect
- 2.to command, lead
- 3.to manage, direct, preside over
- 4.to judge; to rectify
- 5.to store (chi) deeply
- 6.used in 骨董／古董 (“antique”)
- 7.a surname
- 8.a historical region in the state of Jin during the Spring and Autumn period, now in Wanrong, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China
- 9.Used in onomatopoeia, especially describing a fairly large object falling into water: plonk
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *toːŋʔ): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 重 (OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs).
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Stroke order
Components
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Derived terms
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Related words
董事 board member古董 curio董奉 Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead董座 (Tw) chairman (of a board of directors)董卓 Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189, murdered empress dowager and child emperor, killed in 192 by Lü Bu 吕布骨董 variant of 古董[gǔ dǒng]董鸡 (bird species of China) watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)董事会 board of directors董事长 chairman of the board of directors董建华 Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005董必武 Dong Biwu (1886-1975), one of the founders of the Chinese communist party古董滩 Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 阳关[Yáng guān], named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries