悟

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to comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware

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HSK 3.0: Level 6
Old HSK: Level 6
Strokes: 10
Radical: 心 +7
Structure: Left–right 左右
Traditional: 悟
Common rank: #1,861
Unicode: U+609F

Formation & memory

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How 悟 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 meaning “mind” + 吾 sound ( wú )

Components 忄吾

How to remember it

realize · Heisig RSH #1799

state of mind + 吾 I (literary)

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 悟

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大悟县	Dà wù Xiàn	Dawu, a county in Xiaogan City 孝感市[Xiao4 gan3 Shi4], Hubei
心领神悟	xīn lǐng shén wù	see 心領神會\|心领神会[xin1 ling3 shen2 hui4]
达悟族	Dá wù zú	Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
领悟力	lǐng wù lì	comprehension; perception; feeling
大悟	Dà wù	see 大悟縣\|大悟县[Da4 wu4 Xian4]
悟性	wù xìng	perception; wits; power of understanding; comprehension
体悟	tǐ wù	to experience; to realize; to comprehend
执迷不悟	zhí mí bù wù	to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)
悟道	wù dào	to comprehend the truth; to become enlightened
开悟	kāi wù	to become enlightened (Buddhism)
悟空	Wù Kōng	Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers from the novel Journey to …
大彻大悟	dà chè dà wù	to achieve supreme enlightenment or nirvana (Buddhism)
孙悟空	Sūn Wù kōng	Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to th…
悟入	wù rù	to understand; to comprehend the ultimate essence of things (Buddhism)
猪悟能	Zhū Wù néng	Zhu Bajie 豬八戒\|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
解悟	jiě wù	to understand; to comprehend; to grasp the meaning
悟能	Wù néng	Zhu Bajie 豬八戒\|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4] or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
感悟	gǎn wù	to come to realize; to appreciate (feelings)
翻然悔悟	fān rán huǐ wù	to see the error of one's ways; to make a clean break with one's past
恍然大悟	huǎng rán dà wù	(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 吾 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
吾 sound part	wú	I, my, our; to resist, to impede
语	yǔ	words, language; saying, expression
晤	wù	to meet; to interview with
梧	wú	Chinese parasol tree, Sterculia platanifolia
衙	yá	public office; official residence
圄	yǔ	prison, jail
鼯	wú	flying squirrel
寤	wù	few, scarce; empty, deserted
牾	wǔ	to gore; to oppose
俉	wú	scary; to frighten
痦	wù	spot, mole, birthmark
龉	yǔ	uneven teeth; to disagree
唔	wú	to hold in the mouth; bite
浯	wú	a river in Shandong province
焐	wù	to warm up