dǒng

to understand

to comprehend

heart (忄) + sound (董) = to understand

忄 anchors the meaning in the heart — understanding is felt inwardly, not just processed. 董 mainly provides the dǒng sound; it doesn't add a visible layer of meaning here.

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Words with 懂

通俗易懂

tōng sú yì dǒng

easy to understand

难懂

nán dǒng

difficult to understand

不懂装懂

bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng

to pretend to understand when you don't

似懂非懂

sì dǒng fēi dǒng

to not really understand

半懂不懂

bàn dǒng bù dǒng

to not fully understand

可懂度

kě dǒng dù

intelligibility

自懂事以来

zì dǒng shì yǐ lái

for as long as one can remember

弄不懂

nòng bu dǒng

unable to make sense of (sth)

弄懂

nòng dǒng

to make sense of

弄懂弄通

nòng dǒng nòng tōng

to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)

懂事

dǒng shì

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world

懂哥

dǒng gē

(slang) Mr. Know-it-all

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