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音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: つかさ・つかさど

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: くち(口)

Meaning

Director / Govern / Administer

  • Basic forms
  • 司どる — to govern; to administer; to control / base form
  • 司どります — govern; administer / masu form
  • 司どった — governed; administered / ta form
  • 司どって — governing; administering / te-form
  • 司どらない — do not govern / negative form
  • 司どれば — if (one) governs / conditional
  • 司どれ — govern! (formal / rare) / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 政治を司どる — govern politics
  • 儀式を司どる — preside over a ceremony
  • More
  • 司どろう — let’s govern; take charge of / 〜よう form
  • 司どらなかった — did not govern / past negative
  • 司どっている — is governing; is in charge of / progressive

司どる(つかさどる) is a godan verb ending in . It is a **formal / literary verb**, commonly used for administration, authority, or official responsibility, as in 政治を司どる or 儀式を司どる.

  • 司会しかい — host / moderator
  • 司祭しさい — priest
  • 司法しほう — judiciary / justice
  • 司令しれい — command / control
  • 上司じょうし — boss / superior
  • つかさどる — to govern / be in charge of

Associated with directing affairs and issuing orders. The radical くち (mouth) highlights the role of speech in leadership, ceremony, and administration.

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