音読み: トウ
訓読み: すべる
画数: 12
部首: 糸（いとへん）
Meaning
Unite / Govern / Lead / Control
- Basic forms
- 統べる — to govern; to rule; to preside over / base form
- 統べます — governs; rules / masu form
- 統べた — governed; ruled / ta form
- 統べて — governing and … / te-form
- 統べない — does not govern / negative
- 統べれば — if (one) governs / conditional
- Common uses
- 国を統べる — to rule a country
- 民を統べる — to govern the people
- More
- 全体を統べている — presiding over the whole
統べる（すべる） is an ichidan verb. It is a **formal and literary verb**, meaning “to govern” or “to rule,” often used in historical writing, official contexts, or elevated language, rather than everyday conversation.
- 統一 — unification
- 伝統 — tradition
- 統計 — statistics
- 統治 — governance
- 統合 — integration
- 系統 — system / lineage
The radical 糸 (thread) suggests connection or binding, while the phonetic part 充 hints at completeness. Together, they express the idea of tying things into a unified whole — a key concept in leadership and organization.
国を 統べる 力が 必要だ。
We need the power to unify the country.
彼は 統一のために 努力している。
He is working hard for unification.
統計 — statistics