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CHINESE CHARACTER

dǒng

懂

懂

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dig

HSK 2
Numbered pinyin
dong3
English meanings
have, comprehend, understanding, understand, compass, grasp, get the picture, glom, know, apprehend, twig, savvy, follow, make out, dig

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 忄; right 董.

  • Left

    忄
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  • Right

    董
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    • Top

      艹

    • Bottom

      重
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      • First part

        千
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      • Second part

        里
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Meaning & sound clues

忄 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mind”.

董 is identified as the sound component (dǒng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 懂.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰忄董

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    wǒ我dǒng懂nǐ你de的yìsi意思。

    I understand what you mean.

  2. 02

    tā他shuō说dehuà的话wǒ我dǒng懂。

    I understand what he said.

  3. 03

    xué学duō多le了jiù就dǒng懂le了。

    Learn more and you'll understand.

  4. 04

    zhè这háizi孩子hěn很dǒngshì懂事。

    This child is very sensible.

  5. 05

    nǐ你dǒng懂Zhōngwén中文ma吗？

    Do you understand Chinese?

  6. 06

    duō多tīng听jiù就dǒng懂le了。

    Listen more and you'll get it.

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  • 懂事
  • 懂得
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