HSK 2 · Thinking & knowing

懂

dǒng

to understand

Stroke order of 懂

懂 is written with 15 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

When a heavy '重' idea sinks into your heart '忄', you finally understand.

Parts: 忄 heart + 董 (艹 grass + 重 heavy; phonetic)

Example sentence

你懂我的意思吗？

Do you understand what I mean?

Words with 懂

懂得to understand; to know

More words: Thinking & knowing

懂得to understand; to know 清楚clear; to understand 听说to hear (it said)想到to think of 想起to recall; to remember 发现to discover; to find 得出to reach (a conclusion)找出to find out 说明to explain; explanation 讲to speak; to explain 讲话to speak; speech 打算to plan; plan 计划plan; to plan 习惯habit; to be used to

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