督 supervise, lead, command, coach, urge, oversee, to watch from above or overhead, to give directions 叔,目,

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トク
TO　KU

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叔

シュク,× young uncle, anyone's younger brother

　CLOSE MALE RELATIVE and CROTCH, YIELD, AGAIN
…or: FRUIT POD from CROTCH
…or: BEAN with CROTCH
　

目

モク,ボク,め,～め,ま～ center of a fleshpot, goal, place where eyes are focused, intention, aim, contents, experience, favored, care, an item such as might appear on a menu of choices, eyes

　FLESHPOT CENTER
…or: CONTAINER of ORIFICES
…or: THREE ORIFICES in one container
　

Meanings of elements

KEEPING AN EYE on YOUNGER BROTHER
…or: GOAL of YOUNG UNCLE
…or: CROTCH BEAN and CENTER OF A FLESHPOT, GOAL, PLACE WHERE EYES ARE FOCUSED, INTENTION, AIM, CONTENTS, EXPERIENCE, FAVORED, CARE, AN ITEM SUCH AS MIGHT APPEAR ON A MENU OF CHOICES, EYES
…or: DIVINE DIVA with ROD and MONS PUBIS, YOUTH EMITTING SMALL STREAM with CROTCH and INTENTION, AIM, GOAL

Top elements are「young uncle」with「eye, goal」used presumably to watch what is going on and to SUPERVISE an action, giving comments, suggestions, or instructions to the people performing before one's eyes as COACHING, to URGE ON. In older societies it was rude for a wife not to sleep with her husband's brother when visiting, and the elder brother would likely wish to SUPERVISE the action, giving comments, suggestions, or instructions to his wife and younger brother, COACHING and URGING THEM TO CONTINUE. Alternatively, if not with his wife, it is fairly easy to imagine an elder brother taking a younger brother in his first visit to the cave of wonders, the local brothel. Note that turnabout was fair play, so the elder brother could always visit the younger and his wife, too. Other combinations need no explanation, such as「divine diva with rod on mons pubis, youth emitting small stream with crotch and intention, aim, goal.」

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: to supervise and direct; army title (archaic)
Unihan extended: supervise, oversee, direct
EDRDG: coach; command; urge; lead; supervise

Used within names (nanori)
ただ　･　ただし

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.