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懂

dǒng

to understand

A person with an idea
Memory picture

Character

懂 dǒng

Strokes
15
Radical
忄 — heart
Made of
忄 heart 董 to direct, to supervise
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我不懂。 Wǒ bù dǒng. I do not understand.
  • 你懂中文吗? Nǐ dǒng Zhōngwén ma? Do you understand Chinese?
  • 他懂这个。 Tā dǒng zhège. He understands this.

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