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懂

to understand; to comprehend

15 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,000 U+61C2

How 懂 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 (semantic, “mind”) + 董 (phonetic, dǒng)

components: 忄 董

How to remember it

understand · Heisig RSH #1291

state of mind + flower + 重 heavy

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 懂

WordPinyinMeaning
自懂事以来 zì dǒng shì yǐ lái for as long as one can remember
懂门儿 dǒng mén r one who knows his business; professional; expert; au fait
可懂度 kě dǒng dù intelligibility
看不懂 kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at
听不懂 tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing
通俗易懂 tōng sú yì dǒng easy to understand
听得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says)
聪明一世,懵懂一时 cōng ming yī shì , měng dǒng yī shí see 聰明一世,糊塗一時|聪明一世,糊涂一时[cong1 ming5 yi1 shi4 , hu2 tu5 yi1 shi2]
弄不懂 nòng bu dǒng unable to make sense of (sth)
懂行 dǒng háng to know the ropes
懂事 dǒng shì to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (es…
懂眼 dǒng yǎn (coll.) to know the ropes; an expert
懂得 dǒng de to understand; to know; to comprehend
半懂不懂 bàn dǒng bù dǒng to not fully understand; to only partly understand
不懂装懂 bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng to pretend to understand when you don't
难懂 nán dǒng difficult to understand
浅显易懂 qiǎn xiǎn yì dǒng (idiom) easy to understand
易懂 yì dǒng easy to understand
懂局 dǒng jú to be savvy
看懂 kàn dǒng to understand what one is reading or watching