懂

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to understand; to comprehend

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

忄 meaning “mind” + 董 sound ( dǒng )

Components 忄董

understand · Heisig RSH #1291

state of mind + flower + 重 heavy

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
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