董 dǒng director
to direct; to supervise; surname
How it came to be
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
Grass gives the meaning and the lower part the sound.
用法
- Two live jobs: the corporate-governance sense in 董事 (dǒngshì, board director), 董事会 (dǒngshìhuì, board of directors), 董事长 (dǒngshìzhǎng, chairman), and the antique sense in 古董 (gǔdǒng, a curio/antique).
- Also a common surname (董).