IDENTITY
懂dǒngto understand
HSK 1Top 450
CORE MEANING
to understand
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to understandHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 忄heart radical (xīn)
- strokes
- 15
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰忄董
- heart; mind
- gives the sound dǒng
USAGE
Common words
懂得dǒngdeto understand
听懂tīngdǒngto understand (by listening)
懂事dǒngshìsensible
Graded examples
这个孩子很懂事。Zhège háizi hěn dǒngshì.HSK5
This child is very sensible.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 董
LEARNING
Memory aid
The heart (忄) grasping the matter (董) — understanding.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #450
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
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