撒督 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Sādū

Zadok

sā, sǎ release, scatter

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 散 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

sàn, sǎn scatter

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		saːd
Unicode	sɑt

Phonosemantic compound. 目 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.

叔 Sound component

shū, shu uncle

目 Meaning component

mù eye

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	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔl'uːwɢ

《說文》：“督，察也。一曰目痛也。从目，叔聲。”