懂

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See also: 𢤦
懂 U+61C2, 懂
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61C2
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 懃 →

Translingual

Stroke order
16 strokes

Han character

懂 (Kangxi radical 61, 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心廿竹土 (PTHG), four-corner 94014, composition ⿰忄董)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 405, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11320
  • Dae Jaweon: page 745, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2353, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+61C2

Chinese

trad. 懂
simp. # 懂
2nd round simp. 㤏
alternative forms 𢤦

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (重) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
撞 *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
幢 *rdoːŋ, *rdoːŋs
橦 *rdoːŋ, *doːŋ, *tjoŋ
噇 *rdoːŋ
𩪘 *rdoːŋ
艟 *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
憧 *rdoːŋs, *tʰjoŋ
畽 *tʰoːnʔ, *tʰuːnʔ
董 *toːŋʔ
蕫 *toːŋʔ, *doːŋ
箽 *toːŋʔ
懂 *toːŋʔ
湩 *toːŋs, *tuːŋʔ, *toŋs
曈 *tʰoːŋ, *tʰoːŋʔ, *doːŋ
童 *doːŋ
僮 *doːŋ
瞳 *doːŋ
罿 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
犝 *doːŋ
潼 *doːŋ, *tʰjoŋ
穜 *doːŋ, *doŋ
動 *doːŋʔ
慟 *doːŋs
堹 *toŋs
諥 *toŋs
蹱 *tʰoŋ, *tʰoŋs, *tjoŋ
重 *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs
緟 *doŋ, *doŋs
蝩 *doŋ
褈 *doŋ, *tʰjoŋ
鐘 *tjoŋ, *tjoŋ
鍾 *tjoŋ
籦 *tjoŋ
種 *tjoŋʔ, *tjoŋs
腫 *tjoŋʔ
踵 *tjoŋʔ
歱 *tjoŋʔ
喠 *tjoŋʔ, *tʰjoŋʔ
偅 *tjoŋs
衝 *tʰjoŋ
揰 *tʰjoŋs
尰 *djoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *toːŋʔ) : semantic 心 (“heart”) + phonetic 董 (OC *toːŋʔ).

Etymology

Perhaps cognate with 黨 (OC *taːŋʔ, “to know”), an ancient Chu dialect word (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Zhangzhou, Taiwan:
    • tóng - literary;
    • táng - vernacular (limited, e.g. 懂嚇).
Rime
Character 懂
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 東 (1)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 多動切
Baxter tuwngX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tuŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tuŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tuŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/təwŋX/
Li
Rong 		/tuŋX/
Wang
Li 		/tuŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tuŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		dǒng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		dung2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 懂
Reading # 1/1
No. 17435
Phonetic
component 		重
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		董
Old
Chinese 		/*toːŋʔ/
Notes 右原從蕫，今字見韻會覩動切

Definitions

懂

  1. to understand; to comprehend
    我懂了。  ―  Wǒ dǒng le.  ―  I see.
    懂禮貌／懂礼貌  ―  dǒng lǐmào  ―  to understand good manners
    他的話我聽懂了。 [MSC, trad.]
    他的话我听懂了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā de huà wǒ tīngdǒng le.
    I understand what he said.
    你懂英語嗎？／你懂英语吗？  ―  Nǐ dǒng yīngyǔ ma?  ―  Do you understand English?
    阿拉勿懂。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]
    7aqlaq 8veq 8ton [Wugniu]
    I don't understand.
  2. (Singapore, Hong Kong) to know
    你這暑假準備幹什麼？我不懂。 [MSC, trad.]
    你这暑假准备干什么？我不懂。 [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhè shǔjià zhǔnbèi gànshénme? Wǒ bù dǒng.
    What are you doing this summer? I don't know.
  3. Used in 懵懂 (měngdǒng, “confused”).
  4. a surname: Dong

Synonyms

  • (to understand):

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "to understand"):

See also

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

懂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

懂 (eumhun 심란할 동 (simnanhal dong))

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Vietnamese

Han character

懂: Hán Nôm readings: đổng, đỏng

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