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dǒng

to understand, to know

🔤 Pictophonetic: 忄 (mind) provides meaning, 董 provides pronunciation

HSK 2 15 strokes Common (12%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

to direct, to supervise; surname

⿰忄董 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

xīn

忄

heart; mind; soul

3 strokes

dǒng

董

to direct, to supervise; surname

🔤 Pictophonetic: 艹 (plant) provides meaning, 重 provides pronunciation

12 strokes HSK 6

cǎo

艹

grass, weed, plant, herb

📷 Pictographic: Simplified form of 艸; grass sprouting

3 strokes

zhòng

重

heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat

💡 Ideographic: A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里

9 strokes HSK 3

qiān

千

thousand; many, numerous; very

3 strokes HSK 2

piě

丿

slash

1 strokes

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

lǐ

里

unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane

💡 Ideographic: Unit of measure for farm 田 land 土

7 strokes HSK 1

tián

田

field, farm, arable land; cultivated

📷 Pictographic: The plots of a rice paddy

5 strokes HSK 6

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 懂 (27)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

懂 ↗

dǒng

to understand / to comprehend

dǒng

懂 ↗

HSK 2

to understand / to comprehend

懂得 ↗

dǒngde

to understand / to know / to comprehend

dǒngde

懂得 ↗

to understand / to know / to comprehend

看懂 ↗

kàndǒng

to understand what one is reading or watching

kàndǒng

看懂 ↗

to understand what one is reading or watching

懂事 ↗

dǒngshì

sensible / thoughtful / intelligent

dǒngshì

懂事 ↗

sensible / thoughtful / intelligent

弄懂 ↗

nòngdǒng

to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out

nòngdǒng

弄懂 ↗

to make sense of / to grasp the meaning of / to figure out

to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)

nòngdǒngnòngtōng

弄懂弄通 ↗

to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)

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