dǒng
verb HSK 2 #485

Meanings

  1. 1 to understand

Characters

Heart radical + (to supervise) — the heart that supervises and comprehends

Examples

Nǐ dǒng ma?
Do you understand?
Wǒ bù dǒng.
I don't understand.
Tā hěn dǒng yīnyuè.
He really understands music.

Tips

grammar
= understand by listening, = understand by reading, = figure out.
mistakes
= comprehension. 明白 = clarity. 了解 = familiarity. They overlap but differ in nuance.

Stroke Order

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